Deoghar- Five women were stripped and paraded naked in India after being labelled as witches. The incident took place in the Deoghar district of Jharkhand said police.
The women, who were Muslim widows, were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers.
"Sushila Kumahrin, Sagiran Beebi, Hafijan Beebi, Sujan Beebi and Gulnar Beebi were tortured to accept that they were witches and practise black magic. The incident took place at the instruction of a witch doctor. The witch doctor said that these women were practising black magic and were causing problems in the village," a police officer told the Hindustan Times.
The women were rescued when local government officials and police reached the spot. However, the perpetrators, mainly Muslim managed to escape.
In Jharkhand, women are subjected to different forms of torture, some are even killed after being branded witches.
Footage of the incident has been aired on television channels in India prompting outrage.
According to official data, more than 700 people, majority of them women, were killed after being branded witches. The witch doctors manage to escape as people fear black magic if they are named.
Experts say superstitious beliefs are behind some of these attacks, but there are occasions when people - especially widows - are targeted for their land and property.
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