5 Get Death Penalty For Killing Jharkhand Family Over Black Magic Suspicion
NDTV
The court held the five of killing three people and burying their bodies in the banks of Karo river to hide evidence
A local court on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to five persons in a case of triple murder that took place over a year ago due to suspicions that they were involved in witchcraft.
The principal district and session Judge Vishwanath Shukla convicted the five and sentenced them to death for slitting the throats of a person named Salim Dhanga, his wife Belangi and their daughter Rahil at Podongair village on November 8, 2021.
The village is in Bandgaon police station limits in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.
The court held the five - Markas Dahanga, Iliyas Dahanga, Kemba Dahanga, Daud Dahanga and Iliyas Dahanga alias Banka Banku guilty of killing the three victims and burying their bodies in the banks of Karo river to conceal evidence.
