Two People Allegedly Lynched, Beheaded And Set Ablaze By Assam Villagers For Black Magic

In a rather shocking incident, two people were killed in Assam for allegedly practicing black magic.

The incident was reported from Assam's Karbi Anglong district, on Thursday.

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The duo were lynched, beheaded and set on fire by an angry mob over suspicion of practising witchcraft which allegedly caused the death of a teenage girl in Rohimapur village.

Black magic rumours

A day before her death on September 29, Rashmi Gour, a teenage girl from Rohimapur, had named two persons from the village and claimed she had fallen ill due to 'black magic' performed by them.

On the third day after Gour's death, another girl in the village headman's house also accused the duo of performing 'black magic' on her, causing her illness.

The villagers then held a kangaroo court in front of the head man¡¯s house on Wednesday night, killed the duo - a 50-year-old widow and a 28-year-old man and burned their bodies on fire.

The incident that happened in a remote tribal village came to light only the next day after some residents alerted the police.

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"The villagers then lynched the duo identified as Ramawati Halua and Bijoy Gour and took their bodies to a nearby hill. They beheaded the bodies near the burial site of Rashmi Gour and set them on fire," district Superintendent of Police Debajit Deuri said.

Senior police officers and Executive Magistrate Jintu Borah have visited the site and collected the remains from the pyre, besides soil samples, he said.

A case has been registered and nine persons, including two women, have been arrested and weapons seized, the officer said.

A manhunt has been launched to nab the remaining accused, he added.