GUWAHATI, November 13 (TNN): A woman, identified as Birsu Orang (35), was killed by locals in the name of witch-hunting in the Gelapukhuri area of Sonitpur district on Saturday.
Though police did not confirm if the murder was related to 'witch hunting', Behali police have already arrested six person in connection with the crime. "We cannot say whether it's a case of witch hunting but the murder happened on Saturday morning. The body was sent for a post mortem. Six persons, arrested in connection with the murderhave confessed to the crime," said a police station source at Behali PS. "She was killed with machete. Her body has several cut marks" added a police source.
Sama Orang, husband of the victim managed to escape as the miscreants tried to kill the couple last night. "They came and tried to kill us. Though I somehow escaped but they killed my wife," said Sama. The state commission for women is drafting a legislation to tackle the menace of witch hunting like Jharkhand and Bihar, which has claimed 116 lives in the last 10 years in Assam.
Earlier to Orang, an elderly married couple, 65-year-old Jogen Boro and wife Akhri, was killed by locals at Hadunguri village in the Majbat area in Assam's Udalguri district suspecting that the couple was spreading diseases in the hamlet.
Though police did not confirm if the murder was related to 'witch hunting', Behali police have already arrested six person in connection with the crime. "We cannot say whether it's a case of witch hunting but the murder happened on Saturday morning. The body was sent for a post mortem. Six persons, arrested in connection with the murderhave confessed to the crime," said a police station source at Behali PS. "She was killed with machete. Her body has several cut marks" added a police source.
Sama Orang, husband of the victim managed to escape as the miscreants tried to kill the couple last night. "They came and tried to kill us. Though I somehow escaped but they killed my wife," said Sama. The state commission for women is drafting a legislation to tackle the menace of witch hunting like Jharkhand and Bihar, which has claimed 116 lives in the last 10 years in Assam.
Earlier to Orang, an elderly married couple, 65-year-old Jogen Boro and wife Akhri, was killed by locals at Hadunguri village in the Majbat area in Assam's Udalguri district suspecting that the couple was spreading diseases in the hamlet.
