Anita Mandal and her two-year-old daughter were drowned in the River Ganga after a village exorcist in West Bengal convinced her relatives that the two were witches. Police were able to recover their bodies in the Manickchawk area of Malda district in north region of the state. They had initially suspected suicide. It is reported that Anita, the wife of a daily wage laborer, was very obsessed with her daughter and kept the baby away from others. Rumors began circulating that the mother and daughter were possessed and the exorcist told villagers that the two were witches and he asked them to drown the two in the Ganga and threatened that ghosts would haunt the village if they failed to do so. Malda police official Dilip Mandal confirmed this and said, "The people behind the act have confessed to the crime and we would make arrests soon," he said. << A Royal Flush And A White Elephant Renuka Chowdhury Stresses Importance of Bridging Gender Gap >> Recommended Reading The Magic Feeling of Being A Mother Selecting the doctor who will help you in your pregnancy is a very personal decision. READ MORE Witchcraft Harry Potter has given a new lease of life to witchcraft. Witchcraft uses sorcery and works with supernatural powers. READ MORE Most Popular on Medindia Find a Doctor Post-Nasal Drip Accident and Trauma Care More News on: WitchcraftThe Magic Feeling of Being A Mother
Anita Mandal and her two-year-old daughter were drowned in the River Ganga after a village exorcist in West Bengal convinced her relatives that the two were witches. Police were able to recover their bodies in the Manickchawk area of Malda district in north region of the state. They had initially suspected suicide. It is reported that Anita, the wife of a daily wage laborer, was very obsessed with her daughter and kept the baby away from others. Rumors began circulating that the mother and daughter were possessed and the exorcist told villagers that the two were witches and he asked them to drown the two in the Ganga and threatened that ghosts would haunt the village if they failed to do so. Malda police official Dilip Mandal confirmed this and said, "The people behind the act have confessed to the crime and we would make arrests soon," he said. << A Royal Flush And A White Elephant Renuka Chowdhury Stresses Importance of Bridging Gender Gap >> Recommended Reading The Magic Feeling of Being A Mother Selecting the doctor who will help you in your pregnancy is a very personal decision. READ MORE Witchcraft Harry Potter has given a new lease of life to witchcraft. Witchcraft uses sorcery and works with supernatural powers. READ MORE Most Popular on Medindia Find a Doctor Post-Nasal Drip Accident and Trauma Care More News on: WitchcraftThe Magic Feeling of Being A Mother