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A court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district sentenced a 32-year-old man to life in jail on Tuesday for killing a woman eight years ago on suspicion of being a witch.
Kanda Majhi, the prisoner, was also fined Rs 5,000 by Baripada Additional Sessions Judge Prabir Choudhary.
Majhi killed Srimati Marandi with a sharp weapon in a village in Baisinga block on December 14, 2014, because he felt she was practising witchcraft, which had caused illnesses in his family.
In this instance, thirteen witnesses were questioned.
Prasanta Patnaik