Couple in their 50s burnt alive for performing 'black magic'

A couple, set on fire by their relatives for performing 'black magic' at Dubbak in Siddipet district of Telangana, died at a hospital in Hyderabad today, police said.
Sudarshan (56) and his wife Rajeshwari (52), residents of BC Colony at Dubbak, were tied to an electric pole in front of their house by their relatives and some villagers last evening and set on fire after pouring kerosene on them.
The relatives blamed the couple for the problems in their lives and accused them of practising black magic, police said.
Sudarshan's sister and some others rescued the couple, but both had suffered 90 per cent burn injuries and succumbed at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad early this morning, said sub-inspector Srinivas of Bhoompally police station.

Those who led the mob were apparently close relatives of the couple, he said, adding that arrests would be made after identification of the culprits.