127 women branded 'witches' lynched in Jharkhand
A total of 127 women were lynched across Jharkhand between 2012 and 2014 after being branded witches, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary informed the Rajya Sabha, "a total of 26, 54 and 47 cases were reported under murder for witchcraft in Jharkhand during 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively."