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Two of a family assaulted over witchcraft allegation
Orissa POST
|October 13, 2025
14- member family flees village to escape attack
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A family of Mariput village in Panthlung panchayat under Nandapur block of Koraput district was allegedly attacked after being accused of witchcraft.
The assailants reportedly killed the family’s pet dog and birds and assaulted two family members with spears and axes.
Fearing for their lives, the family of 14 fled the village with the remaining livestock and has taken shelter at a relative’s house in another village, family head Lachhman Khil said, adding that he filed a complaint at the Padua police station October 7.
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