Bihar: Woman dubbed witch, burnt alive by relatives

Aurangabad: A 50-year-old woman was allegedly burnt alive by her distant relatives, who claimed she was practising witchcraft in Mae village in Aurangabad, police said on Tuesday.

According to complaint lodged by the woman's son, some relatives branded her a witch and burnt her alive after pouring kerosene on her on October 27, they said. The woman succumbed the next day at a hospital in Gaya, they said.

On the basis of statement of the victim's son, an FIR was registered against four persons, they said.