Representative image

Miscreants killed a woman accusing her of taking lives of some natives of their village by practicing witch craft in a village near India-Bhutan border in Chirang district on Tuesday night.

Bamwnti Basumatary, 43, a mother of 5, was asleep in her residence at Molandubi in Santipur area under Runikhata police station, when a group of miscreants had berged into her residence and killed her on the spot with matchets after dragging her out.

Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge!

โ€œThe miscreants had believed that my wife had killed few of their village folk by the spell of her witch craft and for which they killed my wife,โ€ said Kokreng Basumatary, victimโ€™s husband.

According to Kokreng his wife was not a โ€œwitchโ€ and did not harm anybody, she was running a small tea shop in the locality of Molandubi to support the family.

On Tuesday morning after the victimโ€™s family had lodged FIR at Runikhata police station, police had reached the spot at Molandubi village, which is 20 km from the police station and recovered Bamwntiโ€™s body before sending it for autopsy at Kajalgaon which is 38 km from the village.

Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge!

Victimโ€™s son Sanjay, 15, had identified some of the miscreants and told their names before the media during the autopsy of his motherโ€™s body this noon at Kajalgaon Civil Hospital.

โ€œA murder case which was reported today has been registered and culprits involved in it will be booked soon,โ€ said Chirang District Superintendent of Police Yuvraj.

Chirang district unit of All Bodo Studentโ€™s Union (ABSU) has condemned the incident and demanded judicial probe into the incident.

โ€œWe also call the government to conduct awareness campaign soon in such backward rural pockets on the laws which prevent the witch hunting and demand adequate compensation to the victimโ€™s family,โ€ ABSUโ€™s Chirang district unit president Khanindra Basumatary said.