<p>Suri (West Bengal): Two middle-aged women were beaten to death by neighbours on suspicion of practising witchcraft in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Bodies of the two tribal women were found in an irrigation canal near Harisarah village under Mayureswar police station.</p>.<p>Police arrested 15 people in connection with the incident that took place on Friday night.</p>.16 get life term in Bihar for killing man on suspicion of practising witchcraft.<p>The family members of the deceased, Lodgi Kisku and Dolly Soren, alleged that they were called out of their homes at night by a group of people who beat them with sticks after tying them with ropes.</p>.<p>Rani Kisku, a daughter of Lodki Kisku, said, "My cousin and other villagers dragged my mother out of home. My two brothers were away, we couldn’t protect her." </p><p>A senior police officer said that prima facie, suspicion of practising witchcraft is the motive behind the killing "but we don’t rule out other possibilities".</p>.<p>A large police force arrived in the village and arrested 15 people for their alleged involvement in the incident.</p>.<p>The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination. </p>
<p>Suri (West Bengal): Two middle-aged women were beaten to death by neighbours on suspicion of practising witchcraft in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Bodies of the two tribal women were found in an irrigation canal near Harisarah village under Mayureswar police station.</p>.<p>Police arrested 15 people in connection with the incident that took place on Friday night.</p>.16 get life term in Bihar for killing man on suspicion of practising witchcraft.<p>The family members of the deceased, Lodgi Kisku and Dolly Soren, alleged that they were called out of their homes at night by a group of people who beat them with sticks after tying them with ropes.</p>.<p>Rani Kisku, a daughter of Lodki Kisku, said, "My cousin and other villagers dragged my mother out of home. My two brothers were away, we couldn’t protect her." </p><p>A senior police officer said that prima facie, suspicion of practising witchcraft is the motive behind the killing "but we don’t rule out other possibilities".</p>.<p>A large police force arrived in the village and arrested 15 people for their alleged involvement in the incident.</p>.<p>The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination. </p>