In a spine chilling incident, a boy in Odisha's Keonjhar district hacked to death his own aunt on Thursday night on suspicion of being a witch.

The incident happened in Kantala village under Gayalmunda panchayat in Keonjhar district, Odisha.

The accused has been identified as Ankura Birua, while the deceased has been identified as Jhinki Purti.

According to latest information, the accused after hatching the murder plan, kept waiting at an isolated place near the village between 8 and and 9 pm on Thursday. When his aunt was returning home from her neighbour's place, the accused attcked her with a sharp weapon while she was passing through the forest. The attack led to her death.

On receiving information, the police reached the spot and recovered the body. Later, the accused surrendered before the police and also confessed to the crime

Odisha has seen several murders of the same kind over the past few years.

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