Baripada (Odisha): A self-styled black magician and five others were arrested in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on charges of assaulting a tribal couple and extorting money from them after branding the woman a witch.

According to the police, the incident took place at Kanpur village where the villagers, allegedly directed by the accused magician, tortured the couple on Monday. The couple was tied to a tree, beaten up, their heads tonsured and paraded in a semi-nude condition by the villagers while the self-styled black magician extracted Rs one lakh from them, the victims said in an FIR.