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Mother, daughter held for stoning woman to death
A village headwoman in Chattisgarh was arrested on Monday with her daughter and son-in-law for allegedly stoning to death a woman who was branded a witch.
Updated on: Oct 26, 2009, 13:12:24 IST
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A village headwoman in Chattisgarh was arrested on Monday with her daughter and son-in-law for allegedly stoning to death a woman who was branded a witch.
The incident took place at Narkela village in Jashpur district, about 450 km from Raipur.
"The village sarpanch, Rimni Bai, and her daughter and son-in-law were arrested following strong evidence that they stoned to death a middle-aged tribal woman Budhiaro Bai after branding her a witch," said a police official probing the case.
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