Kendrapara, July 25: A 55-year-old man was killed allegedly by some villagers on suspicion of being a witchcraft practitioner in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said on Tuesday. The family members of the deceased Mani Charan Sahu have filed a complaint with the Pattamundai rural police station. Police have registered a case and search is on to arrest the culprits, who are absconding. Snake Attack in Odisha: Three Students Die After Being Bitten by Reptiles at Hostel in Keonjhar.

"Police have constituted a team to nab them from their hideouts. We have filed a case against all the accused persons named in the FIR under sections -302 (murder) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of IPC and under sec 4 of Odisha Prevention of Witch-hunting Act, 2013", said Sub- Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Pattamundai, Sandhyarani Beura. Thane Shocker: Jilted Lover Attacks, Stabs Married Woman and Her Family Members With Knife in Mumbra, Horrific Stabbing Video Goes Viral.

The incident took place in Bantapatana village on Monday night.

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