witchcraft

Bhubaneswar: The headless body of an elderly woman was found at Balibhol near Karanjia in Mayurbhanj district today morning. The woman was allegedly murdered by a group of miscreants on Saturday night, reports stated. The victim has been…

Berhampur: In a shocking and dehumanizing act, a man was forced to eat human excreta and asked to pull out his own teeth using pliers before being allegedly murdered by a group of villagers, who suspected him of practising witchcraft.…

Jajpur: An elderly woman was brutally murdered by a youth over suspicion of witchcraft here today afternoon. The incident occurred in Chhatara village under Ollala panchayat in Danagadi block of Jajpur. According to sources, the deceased…

Malkangiri:    Police have arrested two persons from Pendalguda village under Malkangiri police limits in Malkangiri district of Odisha for allegedly murdering a couple on suspicion of committing witchcraft. According to reports, Sama…

The prime accused in the murder of a couple over alleged witchcraft, at Sitaram Sahi under Kaptipada police limits in Mayurbhanj district, was held on Thursday.

In another case of how superstition rules the roost in the remote areas of Odisha, a youth immersed the right hands of his maternal uncle Banamali Jani, aunt Chelia Jani and cousin suspecting them to be practicing witchcraft.

After many days of no improvement, the doctors referred the girl to Cuttack SCB Medical College and Hospital. However, a sorcerer named Rajkishore Mohapatra said that the girl had been possessed by spirits and started working his 'magic' on…

In a shocking incident, three members of a family were allegedly murdered for practicing sorcery at Ukambaguda village in Ramanguda block under Gunupur police limits here today.

Witchcraft accompanied with blind faith has cropped up its ugly head again, this time in Kanteikoli village under Mohana police limits here. A sorcerer, who was taken into police custody while performing rituals today morning, was forcibly…