Dibrugarh, March 10 -- A group of people tortured and abandoned a 62-year-old adivasi woman near a river at Romai in Assam's Dibrugarh after being accused of practising witchcraft in the village.

The incident happened at 1 No. Rajgarh in Romai tea estate under Lahowal police station in Dibrugarh.

Authority identified the victim as Monika Sanga, a resident of 1 No. Rajgarh at Romai tea estate in Dibrugarh.

Sources said, a team of Lahowal police station found the body laying in critical condition near the river. The police recovered the women and admitted her to Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH).

Victim's husband told the reporters that a group of people brutally tortured his wife after suspecting her as 'witch'.

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