Tribal killed on suspicion of black magic

Vizianagaram: A tribal man was killed as he was suspected to be practising witchcraft in Parvathipuram Agency of the district on Tuesday.

Elwinpeta CI B Ramu said M Ratno, 60, of Balesu village in G L Puram mandal was found dead under suspicious conditions. Later, they conducted inquiry and arrested P Chanti of the same village for allegedly killing Ratno by hitting him with a log on his head. 

According to the CI, Chanti had a quarrel with Ratno several days ago and they had been maintaining distance from each other. But recently, Ratno threatened the accused that he would kill his two children. 

With this warning, Chanti afraid that he would really kill his children using black magic.  He lost his cool and killed Ratno by hitting him with a log. The accused was arrested and investigation is on.