:           Need of strict Law against Witch hunting cases.

                        In our Country, due to various superstitions & social evils a number of innocent women are tortured every year. Women are declared as Witch (Dian) and subsequently subjected to most barberic & inhuman practices. In villages and rural areas women are not physically tortured to great extremes but also publicly humiliated and ostracised from society and even killed. As presented by national crime record beauro in parliament,1742 women were killed in suspect of Dian (witch) in 17 states of India .In Chhattisgarh state alone 1140 women tortured and 171 were killed for this.

                        Usually the perpetrators are either influencial people of village or are in majority due to which remaining few can hardly protest against the atrocity. Due to this very few police complaints are registered by victim or any other person, against the tortures. Many time the treatment meted out is so horrible that victim is completely terrorised & loses all hope. The victim have no recourse but to end their lives in deseparations.

                        I am working voluntarily since 1995 for erradications and superscrition & social evils. For this purpose, we formed Andha Shraddha Nirmulan Samiti in we organised awareness meeting in different villages , rural places, in school & colleges. We also meet tortured women & their relatives & provide help them . We don't take any grant or fund from any Govt. & non-Govt. Sources.

                        Social evils can be erradicated by Mass awareness programme & development of scientific temperament but society can not  give justice to tortured women without a efficient law.

                         I felt an urgent need for antiwitch hunting legislation . The New law can help to give justice to those tortured women.