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Woman forced to eat human excreta on
witchcraft charge
Saturday April 28, 2012 08:30:45 PM,
IANS
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Patna: A woman in a
village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district was forced by some people to
eat human excreta and drink urine after being branded a witch,
police said Saturday.
Krishna Kumari Devi, in her early 30s, was first abused and beaten
in Bathnaha village in Sitamarhi, about 150 km from here, on
suspicion of practising witchcraft after a minor child died in the
village.
"Later, some powerful people forced me to eat human excreta and
drink urine after they blamed me for the death of the child and
branded me a witch," Krishna Kumari Devi said.
Police official Rajeev Ranjan told IANS over telephone that the
victim has filed a complaint in this regard. "She approached local
police to seek justice and action against the accused named in the
case," he said.
He said the police have began investigation in the case.
The practice of branding women as witches and torturing them
continues unabated in remote rural areas of Bihar. The state women
and child development department has proposed a stringent law
against women being branded witches.
Last year, the Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC) directed the
state police chief to instruct the SPs of all the districts to
expedite investigation/trial of pending cases relating to offences
under Prevention of Witch Hunting Act 1999.
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