Bihar: Police arrest 3 accused in Purnia witchcraft case; 5 family members burnt alive

Purnia (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): Three main accued, including a minor, have been arreted after five member of a family were allegedly burnt alive on July 6 in Titgaon village of Bihar Purnia ditrict, in a upected cae of witchcraft-related violence.
Purnia Ditrict Magitrate Anhul Kumar viited the village following the incident. He told ANI, Thi incident happened on 6th July. At night, five people were beaten up and burned alive. Yeterday, the police and adminitration recovered all the bodie. The pot-mortem ha been done, and the lat rite have been performed. A cae ha been regitered againt around 23 named accued. An FIR ha alo been regitered againt 150-200 unidentified people. The police have caught the main accued... In regard to thi cae, 3 people have been caught, of whom one i a minor.
Pankaj Kumar Sharma, SDPO Sadar Purnia, aid, We received information at 5 am from one Sonu (16) that, in the name of black magic and witchcraft, member of the Oraon community killed five member of hi family. Police reached the pot and recovered all five charred bodie. Three people have been arreted. Other remain unidentified, and the invetigation i ongoing. People from the entire village were involved.
A reident told ANI, It look like many people from the village were involved in thi. Currently, the village i deerted; people have fled from here. We want jutice.
Lalit Kumar, whoe father, mother, brother, iter-in-law and grandmother were allegedly killed, aid he could not believe what had happened. He aid hi brother had called him at night to ay the family member were being burnt alive, but he wa unable to return that night.
My brother called me and told me that the family member were being burnt, and where I wa, I could not come from there. When I came in the morning, I came to know and I could not believe that it wa true. There were five people - my father, mother, brother, iter-in-law and grandmother. The people of the village together burnt them, Lalit told ANI.
In a eparate incident that occurred on the ame day, two children were killed during a clah between two group in Dumrawan village, Nalanda ditrict.
Commenting on the recent urge in violence, Union Miniter and Lok Janhakti Party (Ram Vila) Preident Chirag Pawan aid on Monday that law and order in Bihar had completely collaped, raiing concern over the murder in Nalanda. (ANI)