Gujarat: Witchcraft Practiced in Residential School in Surat To Treat Student, Government Orders Probe
As soon as the reports about the incident spread, the state government on Thursday evening directed tribal development commissioner to inquire into the matter.
Surat, March 3: In a shocking incident, witchcraft was practiced in a government-funded residential school in Surat to treat a girl student who was unwell.
As soon as the reports about the incident spread, the state government on Thursday evening directed tribal development commissioner to inquire into the matter. Gujarat Shocker: Husband Hangs Self to Death in Banaskantha After Killing Wife With Sharp-Edged Weapon.
According to sources, a student of Vatsalya Kanya Asram Sala at Madhi village, a vocational training residential school for tribal girls, fell ill, however, instead of taking her to a doctor, hostel warden called an occult practitioner who carried out witchcraft on all 140 girls of the institution.
The rationalist group demanded an inquiry and Vigyan Jatha group leader Jayant Pandya demanded that the government should file a criminal complaint against the warden and the trustees of the residential school. Gujarat Government Announces to Give Two Free Gas Cylinders in a Year to Ujjwala Beneficiaries Ahead of Assembly Elections in State.
Anita Nayal, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Tribal Development, said, "I learned about the witchcraft incident and reached the school during the preliminary inquiry, where students and teachers are claiming that they have tied red thread on their foreheads on the occasion of Mahashivratri. A detailed inquiry will be conducted, and the report will be submitted to the tribal commissioner."
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