Overview
- The arrests follow a special operation in Abhicharan village under the Sidhai Police Station limits in West Tripura, according to police.
- Victim Nandarani Debbarma’s body was exhumed from a nearby forest on October 26, and an FIR was registered after the recovery.
- Preliminary findings indicate some locals blamed illnesses in two families on the woman’s supposed black magic.
- Police say a mob entered her home on October 26, lynched her, tied her body to a window, and later buried it to hide evidence.
- The three detained residents were picked up on Thursday and are being interrogated as the investigation continues.