53-Year-Old Killed By Neighbour Over Alleged Black Magic Practices On His Family In MP's Khandwa

Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh): A 53-year-old man was brutally killed by a youth who attacked him on the neck with an axe, allegedly over suspicions of practicing black magic in Khandwa on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Ramnath (53), son of Puran Dhanak, resident of village Chhnera.

According to information, the incident occurred when the neighbour went outside his house to urinate, and the accused caught him on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday.

The police have arrested the youth and registered a case against him.

Nandu worked in a factory in Pithampur and he had come to the village Chhnera, two days back. He suspected that his neighbour Ramnath practiced black magic on his family and that's why, their family was not getting successful.

He then made a plan of killing Ramnath (deceased). He knew that Ramnath would go out to urinate at night so he kept standing outside his house with an axe. As soon as Ramnath came outside his house around 2 pm, he caught him and attacked him with an axe.

The neighbor kept hurling abuses at him and his wife.

He then stabbed multiple times on his neck and he died on the spot. After committing the crime, the accused kept sitting in front of the dead body and whosoever has tried to approach him, he threatened with an axe in his hand.

Accused arrested

Upon information, the police reached the spot. The accused then threatened the policeman by showing an axe to them. After, a lot of effort, the police took the axe from him and arrested him.

The police have registered a case against him and further investigations are underway.