Rajasthan assembly passes anti-witch craft law

April 09, 2015 20:48

The practices of witch-hunting and witch-craft will be punishable offence in Rajasthan with the state legislative assembly today passing the Rajasthan Prevention of Witch-Hunting Bill 2015.

The bill proposes financial penalty and rigorous imprisonment on branding any woman a witch and also for witch doctors or any person found engaged in witch-craft.

"The bill aims at prohibition and prevention of witch-hunting and other similar practices which happen in parts of the state due to illiteracy and superstition," Anita Bhadel, minister for Women and Child development said during the debate on the bill in assembly.

She said that as per the statistics of home department, 43 cases of witch craft were registered in the state from January 2010 to December 2014.

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