63-year-old tribal woman beheaded in Assam village for witchcraft practice
The incident took place at Bhimajuli village under Biswanath Chariali police district on Sunday evening.
Allegedly instigated by a couple of the remote village who act as priests, a group of villagers had called out 63-year-old Moni Orang of her house and carried out the crime.
"The villagers severely beat her and then severed her head with a sharp weapon, " a top police official said.
The villagers had prevented security personnel to enter in the village, but police had managed to recover the body and the sharp weapon which used in beheaded the woman.
"Police has arrested seven persons allegedly involved in this, " the police official said.
Top police officials had rushed to the area and started investigation into the incident.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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