March 25/2010: In a terrible incident today, an Adivasi woman chopped off the head of a three-year-old boy with a sword at Saparamguttu village in Chaibasa district (websites: http://chaibasa.ozg.in and http://chaibasa.nic.in ) of Jharkhand State.

 

The boy was playing with his friends in front of his house when his neighbour Tulsi Kui, an alleged witch craft practitioner, attacked them.

 

The other boys managed to escape but, Kui caught hold of Sinku and allegedly chopped off his head, police said.

 

The villagers caught hold of Kui and handed her over to police. The reasons behind the woman's actions is still being investigated.

 

 

Related News and Videos, compiled by Jharkhand Forum: -

 

1.) http://www.jharkhand.org.in/adivasi-witchcraft

 

2.) http://jharkhandforum.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/jharkhand-forum-adivasi-witchcraft-in-india-the-most-sensational-murder-of-sorcery-suspect/

 

3. http://adivasi.jharkhand.org.uk/2010/03/adivasi-woman-branded-witch-killed-on.html

 
 

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Sudesh Kumar

J H A R K H A N D

www.jharkhand.org.uk  

  

Email: sudesh.kumar@jharkhand.org.uk or, sudesh.kumar@jharkhand.org.in