<p>Eight people have been arrested on the charges of kidnapping and killing a 45-year-old tribal woman suspecting her to be a "witch" in Tripura's Khowai district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said that the accused kidnapped Kaushalya Ghatwal, hacked her to death and dumped her body in an abandoned safety tank at Lengtibari village under Champahoar police station.</p>.<p>The incident occurred on Thursday night and the police recovered the body and arrested all the eight accused late on Friday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/tipra-motha-moves-tripura-hc-over-long-pending-village-poll-court-seeks-govt-response-1207286.html" target="_blank">Tipra Motha moves Tripura HC over long pending village poll, court seeks govt response</a></strong></p>.<p>The accused included the victim's in-laws and husband, who is the prime accused in the case.</p>.<p>Police spokesman and Assistant Inspector General of police Jyotisman Das Chowdhury said the local court has sent the accused to three-day police custody.</p>.<p>Witchcraft and witch-hunting, black magic are prevalent in the northeastern region, mostly among the tribals, who constitute around 28 per cent of the 45.58 million population (2011 Census) in the northeastern states.</p>.<p>Stringent laws and campaigns against witch-hunts and related killings have reduced substantially but still it prevails in some of the tribal communities in the northeast region and majority of witch-hunting victims are women.</p>
<p>Eight people have been arrested on the charges of kidnapping and killing a 45-year-old tribal woman suspecting her to be a "witch" in Tripura's Khowai district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said that the accused kidnapped Kaushalya Ghatwal, hacked her to death and dumped her body in an abandoned safety tank at Lengtibari village under Champahoar police station.</p>.<p>The incident occurred on Thursday night and the police recovered the body and arrested all the eight accused late on Friday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/tipra-motha-moves-tripura-hc-over-long-pending-village-poll-court-seeks-govt-response-1207286.html" target="_blank">Tipra Motha moves Tripura HC over long pending village poll, court seeks govt response</a></strong></p>.<p>The accused included the victim's in-laws and husband, who is the prime accused in the case.</p>.<p>Police spokesman and Assistant Inspector General of police Jyotisman Das Chowdhury said the local court has sent the accused to three-day police custody.</p>.<p>Witchcraft and witch-hunting, black magic are prevalent in the northeastern region, mostly among the tribals, who constitute around 28 per cent of the 45.58 million population (2011 Census) in the northeastern states.</p>.<p>Stringent laws and campaigns against witch-hunts and related killings have reduced substantially but still it prevails in some of the tribal communities in the northeast region and majority of witch-hunting victims are women.</p>