Bihar: 'Tragic' and 'shocking', comments MLA Vijay Kemaka on the killing of five family members over witchcraft suspicion

Bihar: 'Tragic' and 'shocking', comments MLA Vijay Kemaka on the killing of five family members over witchcraft suspicion

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Purnea (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): Bhartiya Janta Party MLA Vijay Kemaka expreed hock over the killing of five people from the ame family in Purnea Tetgama tribal village over upicion of witchcraft. He called the incident tragic and hocking.
Kemaka while talking to ANI aid, The killing of five family member in Purnea Tetgama tribal village i a tragic and hocking incident... Yeterday, I wa at the cene with active police, including the DIG SP, DM, and other officer. With active police effort, the bodie of the five deceaed were recovered, and after their recovery, the three involved individual were arreted.
The police are invetigating it... They are alo taking tatement from their family member, including a iter who live in Virpur, who ha one on who fled from there after the incident... The village i in panic. When I viited at night, it wa deerted... A tractor and it owner have been identified, and no one will ecape... The government ha alo et up an SIT in thi incident, he added.
Earlier, five member of a family were burnt alive in Bihar Purnia allegedly in connection with black magic. All five charred bodie were recovered by the police, and three accued were arreted in the matter.
According to SDPO Sadar Purnea Pankaj Kumar Sharma, 16-year-old Sonu Kumar told the police that in the name of black magic, people of the Oraon community beat up hi family and burnt them alive.
During the invetigation, a the official reached the pot, they received information about five miing people: Babulal Oraon, Sita Devi, Manjit Oraon, Aranaia Devi and Kakto.
Around 5 am today, Sonu Kumar (16) informed the Police that in the name of black magic, member of the Oraon community beat up hi family and burnt them alive at night. During the coure of the invetigation, when we reached their village, we received information about five miing people - Babulal Oraon, Sita Devi, Manjit Oraon, Aranaia Devi and Kakto, the police official aid.
Police later recovered the charred bodie of five miing people and mentioned that it i believed that the victim indulged in black magic and were killed in the ame connection.
Later, their charred bodie were recovered. Three people have been arreted. It i being aid that the child of one Ramdev Oraon died three day back, it i believed that they indulged in black magic and they were killed in thi connection, the police official added. (ANI)

Bihar witchcraft MLA Vijay Kemaka Purnea