Chhattisgarh Police on Saturday arrested a man for killing his uncle on suspicion of practicing black magic in Bijapur district, police said.
Bijapur Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap identified him as Laxman Kudmul of Santoshpur. On Wednesday night, he thrashed his uncle Ramlu Kudmul to death with a wooden stick when the latter was sleeping.
The accused believed that his uncle practiced black magic, which led to the death of his two children in 2020-21. He was arrested from a nearby locality and presented in a court which sent him to jail.