Anti-superstition Act
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The Maharashtra government’s social justice department forwarded the ‘Jadu Tona and Tatsam Andhashraddha Virodhi’ (Anti-Superstition) draft bill to the state’s law and judiciary department yesterday. ...
Suresh Kumar, principal secretary, social justice department, confirmed the development and said the government had taken a broader view on the issue of superstition and blind faith. If approved, Maharashtra will be the first state to have such an act. It is comprehensive and will punish those who take advantage of people’s innocence and cheat them by using seemingly supernatural tricks.
From a list of victims of superstition:
They found skeletons of her deceased mother Malati and daughter Aprita. Meenakshi believed having the bodies near her would give her supernatural powers.
Kelibai Patle (60) was beaten to death by villagers who suspected her to be a witch.