Agartala, April 8: Tripura police have arrested eight people for allegedly brutally killing a woman on the suspicion of performing witchcraft.
The arrested accused persons have been identified as- Charitra Kanda(40), Mithun Kanda(18), Akash Kanda(18), Kajal Kanda (65), Sanjit Kanda(20), Bimal Kanda(19), Ajit Kanda(25) and Chandan Tanti (35).
According to police, eight arrested persons allegedly killed the woman at Behalabari under Khowai district of Tripura.
The deceased woman has been identified as Kaushalya Ghatual(45).
“We have detained some youths of the village and during preliminary interogation they have revealed that they have killed the woman,” said a police official.
He said, “We have recovered the body which was buried in an abandoned toilet” adding “we have registered a case against all of them and started investigating the matter.”
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