Purnia, July 7 -- Lalit Kumar, whose family's five members were allegedly burnt alive due to black magic by the villagers, said that he could not believe that the incident was "true".

While speaking to ANI, Lalit Kumar said that he got a call from his brother at night that his family members were being burnt and asked him to come back. However, he was not able to come back the same night and went the next morning.

A complaint was filed by him in the police station and stated that the victims included his father, mother, brother, sister-in-law and grandmother.

"My brother called me and told me that the family members were being burnt and where I was. I could not come from there. When I came in the morning, I came to know and I could not...