Black magic suspicion? Man, 2 sons lynched in Telangana

HYDERABAD: A man and his two sons were murdered by a group of men belonging to their own caste during a local Yerukala community meeting at Tarakram Nagar in Jagtial district on Thursday afternoon.
Police officials believe that suspicion that the victims were involved in black magic may be one of the motives for the triple murders.
The accused slit the victims' throats and repeatedly stabbed them in the torso.
The chilling murders of Nageshwar Rao (55), Jagannatham Ram Babu (35) and Jagannatham Ramesh (30) took place at the community hall where 40 to 50 men were gathered. Similarly, the women of the same community gathered at some distance away. Both men and women of this community gather as part of their scheduled meeting once every six months.
Fifteen minutes after the meeting started, a heated argument broke out between Nageshwar Rao’s family members and several others. Some members who were in possession of knives and other sharp-edged weapons cornered Nageshwar and his three sons. They started to attack them with the weapons. Nageshwar and Ram Babu died on the spot whereas Ramesh died while being taken to hospital.