Helpless Woman Lynched to Death in Public on Suspicion of Being a Witch

 

Hours after a court awarded death sentence to seven persons in connection with the lynching of three women in West Midnapore, India on suspicion of being witches, a woman was lynched at Debra area in the district late on Monday night on the suspicion of witchcraft, ZeeNews reports.

 

It was gathered that the lady was dragged from her house at Birsinghpur hamlet under Debra police station area by some locals late last night after a local village court held a sitting and blamed her for the death of some neighbours due to ailments.

 

After the local village court's verdict, the helpless woman was thrashed and tied to a post before she slumped to the ground.

 

The police later recovered the body today as tension escalated in the area. Eight persons have been arrested in connection with the incident so far and further raids were continuing.