This story is from August 2, 2020

Telangana: ‘Sorcerer’ held for assaulting woman

A man claiming himself to be a sorcerer and his associate were arrested by police on Saturday for assaulting a woman in Jaipur mandal of Mancherial district.
Telangana: ‘Sorcerer’ held for assaulting woman
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HYDERABAD: A man claiming himself to be a sorcerer and his associate were arrested by police on Saturday for assaulting a woman in Jaipur mandal of Mancherial district.
The accused, Duggala Shyam, made Rajitha’s family believe that she was possessed by evil spirits and that he would rid her of the same.
Rajitha of Kundaram village delivered a baby four months ago. As she has not been keeping well since then, her family members approached Shyam for help.
Police said Shyam, who arrived at the house of Rajitha’s in-laws, pulled her by her hair, slapped her and beat her up.
At the end of what seemed to be an ‘interrogation’ of the spirit, he pushed the hapless woman on to a cot and left, cops said.
Police arrested Shyam of Shayamapet in Jammikunta mandal and his associate Pulikota Ravinder of Gaddipaka village at different places and handed them over to Jaipur police.—Sushil Rao
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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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