Bhagalpur:
Suspecting an elderly woman of practicing witchcraft, a man put a firecracker in her mouth and exploded it seriously injuring her at Dholbajja village in Bihar today.
The man put the fire cracker in the mouth of one Suhagin Devi (65) and lit it with a match stick after convincing her that he had offered a bidi to her, police said.
The woman sustained severe burns in her mouth and face, the police said.
She was rushed to a hospital.
The accused, identified as Astik Yadav, fled from the spot after committing the crime, the police said.
A case has been lodged against the former by the woman's son Keshav Yadav.
The man put the fire cracker in the mouth of one Suhagin Devi (65) and lit it with a match stick after convincing her that he had offered a bidi to her, police said.
The woman sustained severe burns in her mouth and face, the police said.
She was rushed to a hospital.
The accused, identified as Astik Yadav, fled from the spot after committing the crime, the police said.
A case has been lodged against the former by the woman's son Keshav Yadav.
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