VISAKHAPATNAM: A 45-year-old woman was stripped and beaten to death while hundreds of villagers watched at Kintaluru tribal hamlet in Madugula mandal in Visakhapatnam district on Sunday by branding her a sorcerer.
The incident came to light on Monday after the police rushed to the spot.
Some villagers dragged Mamidi Atchayamma out of her home on Sunday afternoon and tied her to a tree. Later, they undressed her before thrashing her severely. Despite her pleas to save her life and honour, the angry mob kept on beating her black and blue. She fainted and assuming that she had died, the accused went off.
Soon, word reached the cops who rushed to the village and shifted her to the government hospital where she succumbed.
Sources said following the death of two youngsters at nearby Kintaluru hamlet, the tribals suspected that they had died because of Atchayamma's witchcraft. They hatched a plan to eliminate her. Meanwhile, police registered cases against 12 villagers for killing the woman.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Woman-stripped-beaten-to-death/articleshow/13828005.cms
The incident came to light on Monday after the police rushed to the spot.
Some villagers dragged Mamidi Atchayamma out of her home on Sunday afternoon and tied her to a tree. Later, they undressed her before thrashing her severely. Despite her pleas to save her life and honour, the angry mob kept on beating her black and blue. She fainted and assuming that she had died, the accused went off.
Soon, word reached the cops who rushed to the village and shifted her to the government hospital where she succumbed.
Sources said following the death of two youngsters at nearby Kintaluru hamlet, the tribals suspected that they had died because of Atchayamma's witchcraft. They hatched a plan to eliminate her. Meanwhile, police registered cases against 12 villagers for killing the woman.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Woman-stripped-beaten-to-death/articleshow/13828005.cms
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