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A man was allegedly lynched and buried by villagers in Kusumpur under Mohana police limits in Gajapati district on suspicion of sorcery on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Karunakar Dalai.
Following the death of a child from the same village, some locals accused Karunakar of performing sorcery and held him responsible for the death.
According to his family, a group of villagers came to his house at around 6 pm on July 28 and took him away. They kept him at the local Anganwadi centre for two nights, where he was allegedly beaten up. After releasing him once, the group reportedly took him away again.
His sister-in-l...