Octogenarian Man buried alive on suspicion of witchcraft by nephews

Meghalaya: Meghalaya’s West Khasi Hills police on Monday exhumed the body of an octogenarian man allegedly buried alive by his nephews on charge of practising witchcraft on his niece.

According to  news reports, the police in West Khasi Hills district said the man’s three nephews had murdered their uncle Moris Marngar after alleging that he had cast an evil spell on their sister Sildaris through witchcraft.

On October 6, the trio forcibly dragged the man out of his house and held him captive at their sister’s house for a day before burying him, police said.

According to the police, an FIR filed by the headman of Mawliehbah Mawnar village at Nongstoin PS on October 10, 2020, claimed that Morris Marngar, a resident of the village, was taken away by a group of people, including four of his nephews, to neighbouring Nongdishong village on the pretext of some important work.

Morris never returned home causing his family members to worry and seek help assuming that he may have been abducted.

The octogenarian’s body has been exhumed, police said, adding that Densil, Diberwell and Jales have been arrested, and efforts are on to nab 18 others for their alleged involvement in the crime.

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