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Time of India
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
J'khand Cong team visits Purnia, urges Bihar govt to announce aid for family
1 2 Ranchi: A five-member fact-finding committee of Jharkhand Congress on Wednesday visited Tetgama village in Purnia district of poll-bound Bihar where five members of a tribal family were burnt over suspicion of witchcraft on July 6 night. While Bihar govt has reportedly slapped FIRs against 23 named and over 150 unknown besides arresting the main accused Nakul Oraon, also a tribal, as part of its probe so far, the visiting Cong delegation from Jharkhand, led by former minister and one of the working presidents of state Congress, Bandhu Tirkey, said that the incident should be seen as a 'blot on humanity'. After visiting the violence-torn region and meeting local villagers, including members of the affected family, Tirkey said, "Superstition and illiteracy have destroyed an innocent family. This is not just a murder, but a result of social evils. The govt must take concrete steps to prevent such incidents." Tirkey has also demanded fair investigation into this case, and the harshest punishment for the guilty. "The govt must also immediately announce financial assistance and protection to the victim's family," he said, adding that he has provided Rs 21,000 to the family from his end as fiscal assistance. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like You Won't Believe the Price of These Dubai Apartments Binghatti Developers FZE Get Offer Undo by Taboola by Taboola He also demanded that the govt and local administration must launch a mega awareness drive on priority to fight superstition in remote areas. "We also demand special measures for livelihood and security should be taken for tribal and Dalit communities," he said, adding that they have assured the victim family of all the possible assistance in future too. The delegation also met with the local district magistrate and superintendent of police to press for a speedy probe. "We urged the administration to launch campaigns to solve village's basic issues such as roads, education, housing, health, water etc besides curbing superstition," he said.
The Hindu
07-07-2025
- The Hindu
Five members of family burnt alive in Bihar's Purnia district on allegation of witchcraft
Five members of a family, three of them women, were burnt alive in Purnia district of Bihar over allegations of practising witchcraft, the police said. The incident took place on Sunday (July 6, 2025) night at Tetgama village under Muffasil police station limits. Speaking to The Hindu, Purnia Deputy Inspector-General of Police Pramod Kumar Mandal said, 'The child of a resident, Ramdev Mahto, fell ill and he had approached Babulal Oraon, 50, for treatment but the child did not survive. The death happened three days ago. Hence, Oraon and his family were beaten with sticks and then burnt alive. The bodies were stuffed into sacks and dumped.' Mr. Mandal further said that three persons were arrested in connection with the incident and a tractor used to dump the bodies was seized. Also read: 'Health a major reason behind witchcraft-related violence' The murders were witnessed by Oraon's 16-year-old son, who managed to escape and inform his maternal grandparents. The murders were then disclosed to the police, who recovered the burnt bodies, the officer added. The deceased were identified as Oraon, Sita Devi, 48, Kato Devi, 65, Manjit Oraon, 25, and Rani Devi, 23. The 16-year-old told the media that his mother was accused of performing witchcraft and a meeting was held on Sunday (July 6, 2025) night under the leadership of Nakul Oraon. 'About 200 people attended the meeting. My father and mother were called and the villagers decided to kill them. They were assaulted with sticks and then burnt alive after being doused in petrol. Their bodies were loaded on a tractor and taken to a deserted place and dumped,' the minor body said while speaking to the media on Monday. As soon as the information was received, the personnel from Mufassil police station and two other stations reached the spot. Superintendent of Police Sweety Sahrawat and Assistant SP Alok Ranjan also reached the spot to investigate the case. Mufassil Station House Officer Uttam Kumar said the tractor driver and Mr. Nakul Oraon have been arrested and police had recovered all five bodies on Monday (July 7, 2025). Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Tejashwi Yadav slammed the government over the incident, and took a dig at Deepak Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He posted on X: 'In Purnia, 5 members of the same family were burned alive and killed. Due to DK Tax, anarchy is at its peak in Bihar, DGP/CS helpless, law and order collapsed. Day before yesterday in Siwan, 3 people were killed in a massacre, 3 died in Buxar and 3 in Bhojpur. Criminals are alert, Chief Minister unconscious, Corrupt Bhoonja Party thriving, police defeated! DK is enjoying it because DK is the real boss.'
