Rayagada, Sept 17:Three persons of a family, identified as Asila Sabat, his wife and daughter were killed by miscreants on Thursday in Odisha’s Rayagada district due to suspicions of sorcery.
As per reports, after killing, the miscreants later burnt the bodies of the three in a forest adjacent to Kitingi village in Rayagada.
On Friday, the local police detained eight suspects for interrogation for their alleged involvement in the crime.
Sources informed that police, along with a scientific team would visit the spot today to investigate into the matter.
In a similar case, on Wednesday afternoon, a 52-year-old tribal woman identified as Budhabari Kisan from Saletikra village in Sambalpur district was killed on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.
As per the information from Budhabari’s brother-in-law, she was killed by few miscreants when she had gone to a nearby forest to feed her cattle. The brother-in-law was also in the forest to feed his domesticated animals at that time.
