In a 21-year-old Witch-Hunting case in Assam, Ten People were sentenced to Life Imprisonment

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• May 25, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

According to the reports, in 2001, the 12 accused people allegedly killed three people on suspicion of practising witchcraft.

Digital Desk: A local court in Assam’s
Chirang District on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to 10 people in
connection with a 21-year-old witch-hunting case.

The
Court of Additional and Session Judge, Bijni, in Chirang District, on Tuesday
delivered the judgement.

According
to the reports, in 2001, the 12 accused people allegedly killed three people on
suspicion of practising witchcraft.

Out
of the 12 accused, two died earlier.

Prabin
Debroy, Additional Public Prosecutor, said that the incident took place in
2001. "When the case no. 120/2001 was registered at Bijni Police Station,
at that time the Bijni Court was under the Bongaigaon district and the case was
transferred here in 2018." From November 2018, hearings and witness
processes were going on, and today the court has delivered the final verdict.
The court has announced life imprisonment for 10 accused persons. Three people,
including a woman, were killed by the accused persons on suspicion of
practising witchcraft, "Prabin Debroy said. (with inputs from ANI).