Tezpur (Assam):The country has come a long way in terms of development and progress but in a contrasting scenario the shocking trend of superstition continues in some areas. In Assam, a killing of a woman on the suspicion of being a witch in Sonitpur district on Sunday night left a grievous concern. And within a day another witch hunt took place in the district again and has raised serious questions about the civilisation.
In a shocking incident, the villagers vandalized the house of a elderly couple on the suspicion of being a witchcraft in Sonitpur's Nine Mile area on the Assam-Arunachal border, sources said. According to the details of the incident, in Chatai Nine Mile village on the Assam-Arunachal border, the people of the village ransacked the family's house and cut down all the trees of their yard by accusing a couple above sixty of witchcraft.
Without stopping there, the people even chased the family out of the village, said sources. It is to be noted that the couple had been living in the area after purchasing land for the last five years. Sources said that the financially poor family was somehow earning their livelihood by working as daily wagers. On Monday morning, a man named Vaishtha Basumatary called the villagers and forced the couple to accept them as witches, local sources said.