11 held on charge of killing a man after branding him 'witch'

Eleven persons were arrested in a tribal village on charge of killing a 37-year-old man on the suspicion of practicising witchcraft in Odisha's Ganjam district.
Dharma Mallick of Pudurungi village under Tarsingi police station area, was hacked to death, allegedly by the villagers, on September 24, under suspicion of practising black magic in the wake of a death of a child recently.
The accused later disposed off the body in the same night in nearby jungle, police said.
Police raided the village on Monday night and rounded up 11 out of 19 persons named in the FIR by the wife of deceased, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Bhanjanagar, R. Ch Sethi said.

The villagers had also threatened the wife of the deceased not to report the incident.
The Wife came to police on Monday and lodged an FIR about the incident.
She also disclosed the names of 19 accused persons - who were almost all the male residents of the village, police said addingt the tribal village has around 20 households.