Bhubaneswar, July 15 (ANI): A couple and four of their children were hacked to death by a mob of villagers who accused them of practicing witchcraft and making their children sick. The victims were asleep in their mud house in Lahanda village in Keonjhar district, when a group of around five people armed with axes broke in. The suspects, believed to be relatives of the family, accused the victims of being behind for a spate of frequent illnesses among infants in the village, said police. Additional Director General of Police, Crime, Bijay Sharma, said that the crime branch was closely monitoring the case. The practice of branding men and women as witches and assaulting or killing them remains common is some parts of India, particularly among tribal communities, despite there being a law against it.
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