India, Oct. 29 -- A sessions court in Sundargarh district of Odisha on Friday sentenced 11 men to life imprisonment, four years after they killed a 50-year-old tribal woman over suspicion that she was practising witchcraft and casting evil spell on the village.

Additional district judge-1, V Sujatha also sentenced three other women to two years of rigorous imprisonment over their role in the murder.

Fifty-year-old Jasoda Singh of Ratakhandi village under Biramitrapur police station area of Sundargarh district was killed on the night of March 2, 2018. At least 15 persons of the village, armed with sickle, axe and other sharp weapons, reached the house of her husband Fagu Singh around 10pm.

They called Fagu and asked him to send his wife...