The girl had been accused of practising witchcraft and entrancing the son of her former employer to marry her. Police say the girl, Tulu Dolui, 16, was dragged out of her hut in Ghoramara village late at night by at least eight people, who then tied her to a tree and beat her with sticks for over three hours. While police intervened to rescue the girl, she succumbed to her injuries on way to the local health center. She had sustained serious head, abdominal, chest and back injuries. The villagers alleged that Dolui was a witch and had hypnotized the son of a rich grocer, who decided to marry her against his parents' wishes. She was working in the home of the grocer as a maid servant until the grocer came to know of the relationship and fired her. No one has yet been arrested in the incident.
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