A 53-year-old man in Bastar has been lynched by a mob in his village — some of them neighbours — on the rumour that he was casting “murderous black magic spells”.Victim Mancheet Kashyap of Charagaon village was beaten until he died on Saturday night. His terrified family, who spent all night cradling his body, could reach out to police only on Sunday after which 10 suspects have been arrested for murder and rioting under IPC and sections 4 and 5 of Chhattisgarh Witchcraft Atrocities (Prevention) Act, 2005.The lynching was allegedly triggered by a ‘witchdoctor’, with whom villagers discussed their troubles. Cops found that a family in the village was distraught after two deaths for unknown reasons.