In a village in Maharashtra’s Amravati district, a 77-year-old woman faced terrible abuse from her neighbors because they wrongly suspected her of practicing black magic. This painful incident happened on December 30, but the police complaint was only made in early January after her family learned what happened.
The elderly woman lived alone in Retyakheda village, and on that day, her neighbors attacked her, believing she was using black magic. They beat her with sticks, slapped her, and burned her skin with hot iron rods. They even forced her to drink urine and eat dog poop! As if that wasn’t enough, the villagers put a garland of slippers around her neck and made her walk around like that.
The woman’s son and daughter-in-law, who were away for work, found out about the horrible event on January 5. They quickly wrote a complaint to the police and local officials demanding justice.
Amravati Superintendent of Police, Vishal Anand, said this was a serious matter. He has ordered a police officer to investigate the situation, especially since the village is far away in the forest. He also mentioned checking if the local police tried to cover up what happened and promised to take action if there were any mistakes.
This incident happened just after another shocking case where a fake godman in Thane was arrested for tricking a woman into believing her family was cursed with black magic, for which he demanded a huge amount of money.
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