Witch hunts are a long-standing practice here. The tribal plantation workers are poor and illiterate, and have a desperate need to make sense of rampant diseases in villages with no doctors or ...

In 2010, a case was reported in Abhaypur village, about 30 km from Cuttack, in which three tribal youths allegedly chopped off the head of Bajru Hembram (60), suspecting him to be a witch doctor ...

For several years now hundreds of women in the eastern tribal belt of Gujarat have faced the torture of being branded witches and ostracized by society. VADODARA: For several years now hundreds of ...

“Branding women as witches is particularly prevalent among tribal communities in the state.” Though cases of witch-branding have been reported from 12 states in India, it is prevalent in just ...

BHOPAL: A tribal woman, resident of Chief Minister Digvijay Singh's home district of Guna, was forced to consume pig's excreta as punishment for being a ''witch''. BHOPAL: A tribal woman ...

NEW DELHI/PATNA, India, Aug 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - I ndia must do more to tackle the practice of witch-branding among tribal communities, activists said on Monday following the murder ...

Draupadi Mallika and Jyotsna Mallika, two of the three women, have already fled the area. The common refrain in the tribal-dominated village was that a witch doctor cannot be wrong. ?Why did so many ...

In 2010, a case was reported in Abhaypur village, about 30 km from Cuttack, in which three tribal youths allegedly chopped off the head of Bajru Hembram (60), suspecting him to be a witch doctor ...

NEW DELHI/PATNA, India (REUTERS) - India must do more to tackle the practice of witch-branding among tribal communities, activists said on Monday following the murder of five women accused of sorcery.