Couple murdered by the villagers as they were practising black magic

Pune: NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – A shocking incident came to light in Maharashtra’s Pune district where a couple has been allegedly killed on suspicion that they were practising black magic in a village. The incident took place on Wednesday night (November 7) at Aundhe Village in Khed Tehsil of Pune district.

The deceased identified as Lilabai Navasu Mukane (47) and her husband Navasu Kunaji Mukane (55) were killed on Padwa ,the second day of Diwali. Pune rural police have arrested two persons identified as Jaitu Borkar ( 22) and Baban Mukane ( 35) in connection with the gruesome murders. According to the police, the assailants and the deceased belong to Katkari tribe of Adivasis. The Khed court remanded the duo to five days police custody.

55-year-old Navasu Waghmare and 50-year-old Lilabai Mukane were residents of Aundhe village. Villagers suspected that their children were killed by Lilabai with the help of black magic. Convinced of the same, the angry villagers reached Lilabai’s house on Thursday night and killed the couple with sharp weapons. In the morning, a passer-by saw the dead bodies and informed police.

According to the police, the assailants who are villagers from Koynade village located a near Aundhe village suspected that Lilabai had been allegedly practising black magic on Borkar’s family and enraged over the incident, along with his accomplice he murdered the duo with sharp objects after an argument.

“The duo have confessed to us about the murder and told that the village has seen deaths of children due to black magic. We are of the opinion that the kids have died due to malnutrition and hunger ,” he said. Chaudhari further informed that they have traced Mukane’s voter’s identity card from the crime spot and also questioned the relatives of the deceased who informed the police about their arguments with the murderers. “They used sharp weapons like choppers, knife and sticks to beat them. When her husband tried to intervene, he was killed by them,” he said. The bodies were found by passers-by who informed the police regarding the same.The bodies were sent for post –mortem investigation has begun on the case. A case under Section 302 (murder) and other relevant sections has been filed against the accused.