7 Dalits thrashed in Maha on suspicion of practising 'black magic'; 13 held

Seven members of two Dalit families were thrashed by local residents in a village in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on suspicion of practising "black magic and possessing spirits", Chandrapur ASP Atul Kulkarni said. Three of the victims were tied to wooden poles, beaten with sticks and punched, he added. Thirteen villagers have been arrested in the case so far, police said.