Nine people, including seven women, have been arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy for branding an Assam athlete as a witch, police said yesterday
Guwahati: Nine people, including seven women, have been arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy for branding an Assam athlete as a witch, police said yesterday.
Tulumai Medhi, Jugamayee Medhi, Kalmeswari Medhi, Purnima Hazarika, Meera Deka, Soroju Koch and Sarumai Bora have been arrested till date after the incident in Karbi Anglong district.
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Two men — Radha Laskar, a Naamgharia (the person who heads a community prayer hall), and Dilsen Medhi — were also arrested after an FIR was lodged by the athlete's husband, a farmer.
Debajani Bora, a javelin thrower, who had won a gold medal in the 2011 National Masters in Haryana, was targeted by the villagers at the instigation of the Laskar.
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