Dr Ashita Rebecca Singh, head of medicine at Chinchpada Christian Hospital in a remote part of Maharashtra state, said she had seen Covid patients with branding marks on their abdomen from witch ...

Though both Jharkhand and Bihar have Acts for the prevention of witch hunting (the former got one in 2001, the latter in 1999), action is difficult for the victims do not seek police help.

The tribal witch doctor or ‘desari’, who had allegedly branded a four-week-old child with hot nail in the name of treatment, was arrested in Nabarangpur district of Odisha on Sunday. The ...

The witch doctor branded Mr Dharma with a hot iron rod, arguing it would drive out the infection from his lungs: “I was horrified to see the deep wounds on his body.