The Gurundia police of Sundargarh district arrested three youths on Sunday afternoon for killing a woman suspecting her practising sorcery.
According to sources, deceased Mini Oram(57), a native Joda Pankadihi village under Gurundia police station, was staying with her daughter-in-law Sarojini. Mini’s son works outside the State. On August 24, Sarojini lodged an FIR in Gurundia police station about missing of her mother-in-law Mini since August 18 night. The police had registered a missing case and had started an investigation into the case. On Sunday morning, Sarojini again lodged an FIR about murder of her mother-in-law Mini by Govinda Munda, Silas Munda, Subash Munda who are their neighbours.
The police after registering a murder case, started a probe. On Sunday afternoon, the police arrested Goinda Munda(26), Silash Munda(25) and Subash Munda(25) and interrogated them. The trio confessed before the police that they had entered into the house of Mini on August 18 at around 9 pm when she was inside her room and strangled her to death and took her body in a bike and threw the body inside Timor nallah.
During interrogation, Goinda told police that on August 17 his father Heta Munda had died and he had suspected that Mini had practised witchcraft on his fathe. Silas and Subash had helped him in killing her. The police informed fire brigade to conduct search operation to fish out Mini's body. A Fire brigade team conducted a search operation inside Timor Nallah but could not trace the body.