Villagers Set Up Witchcraft Schools

Villagers in the hamlets that dot the Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh have hit upon a novel way of routing out the witch doctors who routinely fleece them.

They send their children to the witchcraft training schools run by the village council in the public squares.

What they get in return may not exactly emulate Harry Potter and his fellow wizards training at Hogwarts but a homegrown doctor who wards off evil spirits and illnesses by conducting the rituals at home.

Vinod Kumar, a teenaged tribal boy from the Nagwa village who was trained under a witchcraft teacher now routinely administers such rituals at home. Full Story

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