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Man thrashed, buried alive on suspicion of witchcraft

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Press Trust of India Latehar (Jharkhand)

The body of Mangar Bhuyan was exhumed and sent for postmortem after his family members lodged an FIR.

They alleged that five persons had yesterday dragged out Bhuyan from his house and brutally thrashed him before taking him to a place where they dug a grave, and buried him.

All the accused have been identified and raids were being carried out to arrest them, the sources said.

  

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First Published: Aug 19 2012 | 10:05 PM IST

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