Aurangabad (Bihar): A court in Bihar's Aurangabad district sentenced 16 people, including two women, to life imprisonment for killing a man on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge II (Aurangabad) Dhananjay Mishra on Friday sentenced 16 people and also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each in the case of murder of Jagdish Ram (65), resident of Ibrahimpur village on August 13. , 2020.
Those convicted include Suresh Ram, Ravindra Ram, Surendra Ram, Satyendra Ram, Maharaj Ram, Uday Ram, Shatrughan Ram, Vineet Ram, Manorama Devi, Sudama Ram, Balinder Ram, Rakesh Ram, Ramdev Ram, Rajan Ram, Lalita Devi and Mukesh Ram is included. ,
The 16 people convicted are from Ibrahimpur village.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP), Rajaram Chaudhary, told reporters after the verdict that, "On August 13, 2020, Jagdish Ram was murdered by the culprits on the suspicion that he was involved in 'witchcraft'. And was attacked with blunt objects." Guilty."
"On the statement of Ram's wife, a case was registered at Kutumba police station. In her complaint the wife of the deceased had named all the 16 accused (now convicted) and had alleged that she was arrested on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. The husband was murdered.", said the APP.
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge II (Aurangabad) Dhananjay Mishra on Friday sentenced 16 people and also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each in the case of murder of Jagdish Ram (65), resident of Ibrahimpur village on August 13. , 2020.
Those convicted include Suresh Ram, Ravindra Ram, Surendra Ram, Satyendra Ram, Maharaj Ram, Uday Ram, Shatrughan Ram, Vineet Ram, Manorama Devi, Sudama Ram, Balinder Ram, Rakesh Ram, Ramdev Ram, Rajan Ram, Lalita Devi and Mukesh Ram is included. ,
The 16 people convicted are from Ibrahimpur village.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP), Rajaram Chaudhary, told reporters after the verdict that, "On August 13, 2020, Jagdish Ram was murdered by the culprits on the suspicion that he was involved in 'witchcraft'. And was attacked with blunt objects." Guilty."
"On the statement of Ram's wife, a case was registered at Kutumba police station. In her complaint the wife of the deceased had named all the 16 accused (now convicted) and had alleged that she was arrested on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. The husband was murdered.", said the APP.
