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Medininagar (Jharkhand): Branded as a ‘witch’, a
57-year-old dalit woman was beaten up, forced to wear a
skirt made of broomsticks and paraded through the roads
in a village in Palamau district.
“We have information that the woman, Wasia Defi, was
subjected to beating and humiliation by some residents
of Ledki village,” about 30 km from here yesterday after
they branded her as a witch, Palamau Superintendent of
Police, Mohit Bundus, told reporters.
Accusing Devi of practicing ‘witchcraft’, the villagers
not only humiliated the woman but also imposed a fine of
Rs 50,000 on her, Bundus said. Unable to watch his
mother’s plight, her son Gajendra Chauhan paid Rs 17,000
to the villagers and pleaded them to free her.
Bundus said a police team had already reached the
village to probe the incident and book the culprits.
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