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Police receiving complaints in only 69% of witch-hunting cases in Odisha: IIPA

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February 07, 2025

Odisha Prevention of Witch-Hunting Act reportedly lacks teeth to contain the menace

- ASISH MEHTA @Bhubaneswar

EVEN as witchcraft superstition remains a deep-rooted issue in Odisha, the state has seen a significant drop in registration of such cases in the last two years.

While 62 cases were registered last year, in 2023 it was 69, 102 in 2022, 79 in 2021 and 95 in 2020. However, out of the total crimes, the police are receiving only 69 per cent complaints from the victims or their kin, said former DGP BK Sharma during a seminar on 'Witchcraft: An Overview Impact on Administration' organised by Indian Institute of Public Administration's (IIPA) Odisha chapter here on Thursday.

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