An elderly woman and a youth were killed by villagers after they suspected them of practicing witchcraft in Langhin Rohimapur village under Dokmoka Police Station in Assamโ€™s Karbi Anglong district.

Two local residentsโ€“ Ramawati Halua (60) and Bijoy Gour (26)โ€“were attacked by the villagers on the intervening night of September 30 after a quack exhibited that the duo were casting evil spells causing illness and unnatural death in the village.

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Karbi Anglong Police has arrested nine accused including a woman and the hunt is on to nab seven other co-accused in connection with the case.

The duo was severely thrashed and subsequently burnt to death by the mob.

โ€œWe have seized the weapons used in the attack and have collected samples of the half burnt bodies from the spot. Further, investigations are on,โ€ Karbi Anglong SP Debojit Deori said.

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Earlier, in November, 2018, one Socheng Teron was killed in a similar case of witch hunting in Bokolia Klurdung village in Karbi Anglong.

Days before, a elderly couple were branded as witch and they faced a similar mob wrath in the same village under Bokalia police station in Karbi Anglong district.

Debojani Bora, a national level athlete of Dokmoka Serekali village was beaten black and blue by a mob which branded her a witch back in 2014.

She , however , survived the brutal assault and was rescued by police in an unconscious state later.

Earlier, on August, 2013; another 60-year-old woman was brutally assaulted on suspicions of her being a witch in the same area.