A 70-year-old man was allegedly killed by a 60-year-old man on suspicion of practising ‘black magic’ in Korba, police said here on Friday. The murder happened in village Maatin under Bango police station, Station House Officer (SHO) Indra Bhushan Singh informed.
The SHO said that the victim and the accused used to know each other. The victim was identified as Shivcharan Kol (70) while the accused held was identified as Muritram (60).
Muritram had strong belief that the deceased Shivcharan Kol was indulging in practice of black magic. The deceased on Thursday morning had gone to a jungle patch near the village and the accused had followed him. In the jungle the accused attacked the victim with an axe and sticks that killed Shivcharan Kol, SHO said.
While the accused killed Kol, some villagers saw him and informed the police which reached the spot and rounded up Muritram from the village, the SHO informed, adding, both the victim and deceased in past also had some dispute over which both had fought. Police have registered an offence under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), which amount to criminal charges of murder, Singh said. The accused was presented in a local court which sent him to jail on judicial remand, the SHO said.