INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR 'WITCH' KILLER

08 May 2007 :

an Orissa court in India sentenced a man to death here for killing two "witches". Additional District Session judge Ashok Kumar Acharya gave the ruling against Charan Ho, 27, for killing Rupa Ho and his wife Ganra Ho for "practicing witchcraft" in Chakadabanka village Sep 27, 2005.
 
(Sources: Hindustan Times, 27/04/2007)

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