Techie burnt alive by relatives in Telangana for ‘witchcraft’

Hyderabad, Nov 24 : In a shocking incident, a 38-year-old techie in Telangana was burnt alive by his relatives on the suspicion that he was practicing black magic.
The incident occurred in Balvantapur village in Jagityal district of Telangana late on Monday, police said.
Pavan Kumar, a resident of Hyderabad, was tied to chair and set afire in his brother-in-law Jagan’s house in the village.
Police have taken Jagan’s wife and another woman into custody and were trying to ascertain if others are also involved in the ghastly crime.
According to police, Pavan was burnt to death as the accused suspected him to be behind the death of his Jagan, his wife Krishnaveni’s brother. Jagan had died of cardiac arrest 12 days ago.
Preliminary investigations by police revealed that during fight over some issue a couple of months ago, Pavan had threatened to kill Jagan.