An old tribal couple was attacked with an axe while their teenaged children suffered wounds in an attack by unidentified attackers in Dadgamma under Khunti police station under Khunti district, a senior police officer on Friday said.
The victims Satri Munda (60) and his wife Jauni Devi (55) along with their son Ram Munda (14) and daughter Radha Hansa were in their sleep when the attackers sneaked into the house past midnight on Thursday and murdered the old couple with an axe, said Superintendent of Police Ashwini Kumar Sinha.
Sinha said the victim’s children suffered minor injuries in the incident.
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The killers escaped after the crime with the severed head of Satri, Sinha said adding that the bodies including Satris torso have been recovered and sent for post-mortem on Friday.
Asked about the possible reason behind the incident, the SP did not rule the possibility that the witchcraft could be the possible reason.
Meanwhile, a hunt was launched to apprehend the culprits and recover the severed head of Satri.
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