NHRC seeks comprehensive report on prevention of sorcery, witchcraft from Odisha CS, DGP

Jun 10, 2021

New Delhi [India], June 10 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its recent order has sought compiled comprehensive reports from the Chief...

Man allegedly killed on suspicion of practising sorcery in Andhra

Jul 23, 2020

Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 23 : On suspicion of practising sorcery a person was allegedly killed by stone-pelting by the villagers in Vizianagaram...

SC refuses to entertain PIL for steps to eradicate superstition, sorcery

Aug 02, 2024

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that courts are not the answer to...

It is witchcraft that papers kept in vault got leaked: Pilot takes apparent jibe at Gehlot

Jan 19, 2023

Without naming Gehlot, Pilot said that it was "witchcraft" that the papers which are locked in a vault before the exams, get leaked.

Assam: Couple attacked, burnt alive over witchcraft suspicion in Karbi Anglong tribal district

Dec 31, 2025

In a shocking incident, a couple was allegedly killed by a group of villagers over suspicions of witchcraft in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, police...

Elderly couple killed in Odisha, bodies burnt over withcraft suspicion

Jul 21, 2020

Jajpur (Odisha) [India], July 21 : A miscreant killed an elderly couple and set their house on fire over suspicion of 'practising sorcery' at...