Guwahati, Feb. 11 -- To stop magical healing in the name of treatment, the Assam cabinet has approved the Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024.

Announcing the decisions of the cabinet meeting held at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati on Saturday evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said that the state cabinet has approved the Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024, to provide relief to victims of magical treatment in the name of treatment.

"If any person is found guilty of committing the illegal act in the name of treatment or magic healing, they will be punished with imprisonment and a fine. The proposed bill seeks to prohibit and...