Bihar: Seven booked for force feeding woman human faeces over witch-crafting

PATNA: Altogether seven persons including two women hailing from village Rerwaria Tiwari were evading arrest after getting booked in an FIR lodged with Bhore police station in Gopalganj on Thursday evening for allegedly forcibly feeding human faeces to a 50 year old woman on suspicion of practising witch-crafting.
Bhore police station SHO Subhash Kumar said that those who had been booked are Vinay Bhagat, his brother Bablu Bhagat, their mother Etwaria Devi, Pradeep Bhagat, Anil Bhagat, Vashishtha Bhagat and Phulkumari Devi.
SHO Kumar said that the informant, who is also the victim, has alleged that all of the accused person had first thrashed her after which they tonsured her head in full public view in the village.
“The victim had also alleged that she was later forcibly fed human faeces by the accused persons as they suspected her of practising witch-crafting,” he said.
SHO said that the incident is of Thursday after which an FIR was lodged by the victim against the seven persons with Bhore police station in the evening.
“All the accused persons belong to same family. They are neighbours of the victim. Both sides are engaged in land dispute since last several years,” he said.
SHO said that at least four FIRs and counter-FIRs had been earlier lodged by both sides on each other with Bhore police station due to the land dispute.
“We suspects that the Thursday’s incident is also fallout of the ongoing land dispute only between both sides. All the seven persons who have been made named accused in FIR, have fled from village,” he said.
SHO said that they were evading arrest and raids were going on to nab them. “Further investigation is also being carried out in connection with the incident of force feeding the woman human faeces on suspicion of practising witch-crafting,” he added.