Black Magic  

The trio was physically torturing patients at the Om Shiv Arogyadham Daru Mukti Kendra de-addiction centre run by them in Thane and also for practising black magic on them
 

On the lines of the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Bill, passed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, the state-run Kerala Law Reforms Commission has drafted the bill to fight superstition and eradicate "inhuman evil" practices propagated in the name of black magic.
 

As the boy showed symptoms like being scared of lights and reluctance to drink water for some days, his parents thought that the boy was affected by some spirit. So the couple took the boy to a black magic practitioner in Kerala

On Thursday, members of the NGO Human Compliance Forum openly dared to challenge black magic by consuming fruits lying in the streets, which were most probably left behind by voodoo practitioners

Police suspect that the murders might have happened because of witchcraft or family problems