In a nerve-chilling incident, a tribal woman was beheaded in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district over suspicion of practicing witchcraft, police said on Saturday.?
The incident took place at Purunapani village in the Bangriposhi police station area, the police told news agency PTI.?
Police seized the skeleton and skull of the woman, identified as 55-year-old Kuni Jerai, on July 24, said inspector-in-charge Sanjay Kumar Parida.?
Jamira Singh (30), the accused, was arrested and sent to judicial custody after being produced at the court on Saturday.
Singh suspected that his son died because of Jerai's witchcraft, they said. He beheaded the woman with an axe and threw the body at a place near the village on July 9, police said.
Jerai's family filed a missing report, following which police began an investigation.?
The Police have also seized the murder weapon.