A 62-year-old Adivasi woman was critically injured after she was assaulted by a group of people on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Assam’s Dibrugarh district, police said on Tuesday.
The woman, a resident of Romai tea estate in Lahowal police station area, was rescued from near a river where she was dumped by the mob after the assault.
She has been admitted to Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) here and her condition is stated to be critical, a police officer said.