Four members of a family were stoned and buried alive in a village in Upper Assam’s Sonitpur district after a kangaroo court found them guilty of practising witchcraft and sentenced them to death.
The victims — Lakhan Majhi, 65, his wife Sumoni, 60, son Durga, 45, and daughter-in law Sabitri, 35 — incurred the wrath of villagers in Koilajuli Milanpur after a 21-year-old youth, Gobinda, died on Saturday.
Sonitpur superintendent of police Munna Prasad Gupta said Gobinda had died after prolonged illness, but the villagers held Lakhan, who used to regularly perform puja at Gobinda’s residence, responsible for his death.
The villagers summoned the Majhis to village headman Bhutkori Majhi’s house for a public hearing last night.
“The entire village was present at Bhutkori’s house. The elders charged the Majhis with casting evil spells on Gobinda that resulted in his death,” an officer at Biswanath Chariali police station, under which the village falls, said.
The villagers then stoned the four and buried them in a nearby jungle while they were still breathing.
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