agencies / Bhubaneswar

Five members of a family have been killed on an allegation of witchcraft at a village of KOIDA BLOCK in SUNDARGARH. district in Odisha. The victims are a mother and four minor children of one family.

The decomposed bodies have been recovered from a well Sunday and six persons have been detained by police for interrogation. The District police S. P. has said that from the primary investigation it reveals that the incidence is related to sorcery and witchcraft.