Overview

• Purnia police have taken Mukul Oraon, Chhotu Oraon and Sanaullah into custody from among 23 individuals named in the FIR for the Sunday night attack in Tetgama village.
• A Special Investigation Team has been formed to examine whether superstition or alleged land-grabbing drove villagers to accuse five family members of witchcraft and burn them alive.
• The Bihar government directed an inquiry under the divisional commissioner and the director general of police to oversee all investigative efforts.
• Sixteen-year-old Sonu Oraon survived the assault and provided crucial eyewitness testimony that helped identify participants and detail how bodies were removed by tractor.
• Tetgama village has been largely deserted as residents fled in fear, highlighting the persistence of witchcraft-related violence despite legal prohibitions.