Sajnagad: A seventy-year-old man was brutally attacked after he was accused of practicing black magic – in Baghamara village under Jamudhia panchayat of Nilgiri block in Balasore district Thursday evening. The victim was Ram Singh.
The son of Baishnab Singh of Baghamara village was not keeping well for some days. Suspecting it to be the effect of black magic practised by Ram Singh, Baishnab’s brother Chhotram and brother-in-law Jatia attempted to kill Ram, as per a complaint filed with the police.
They allegedly thrashed him black and blue, hit him with a stone and then tried to push him into a pond from a hill to have him drown in the water. It was then that some villagers stepped into the scene and saved the man.
They villagers said the two did not spare his daughter and thrashed her when she tried to rescue her father.
Ram Singh was rushed to the Nilgiri sub-divisional hospital in a 108 ambulance. Later, with help from some social activists, Ram’s son lodged a complaint at the Nilgiri police station against Chhotram and Jatia and pleaded for action against the culprits. While no arrest has been made, a police investigation is on.