<p>A 60-year-old woman was beaten to death with sticks and rods in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on the suspicion that she practiced witchcraft, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Two other women were injured as they were also thrashed, an official said.</p>.<p>Some people of Mainakhola village in Nagarkata died recently due to illness and the locals believed that they were killed because of witchcraft, police said.</p>.<p>Some local youths started thrashing the two women on the suspicion of practicing black magic, they said.</p>.<p>These women then pointed them towards Mongra Oraon.</p>.<p>She was dragged from her home and thrashed with rods and sticks, police said.</p>.<p>A police team reached the spot after getting information about the incident but Oraon died on the spot, they said.</p>.<p>The two other women are undergoing treatment at the Mal Hospital.</p>.<p>Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the incident and an investigation is underway, police said.</p>
<p>A 60-year-old woman was beaten to death with sticks and rods in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on the suspicion that she practiced witchcraft, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Two other women were injured as they were also thrashed, an official said.</p>.<p>Some people of Mainakhola village in Nagarkata died recently due to illness and the locals believed that they were killed because of witchcraft, police said.</p>.<p>Some local youths started thrashing the two women on the suspicion of practicing black magic, they said.</p>.<p>These women then pointed them towards Mongra Oraon.</p>.<p>She was dragged from her home and thrashed with rods and sticks, police said.</p>.<p>A police team reached the spot after getting information about the incident but Oraon died on the spot, they said.</p>.<p>The two other women are undergoing treatment at the Mal Hospital.</p>.<p>Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the incident and an investigation is underway, police said.</p>