Darbhanga, Four persons called a woman as a witch, beat her, and forced her to drink her own urine at Pipra village in Bihar's Darbhanga district.

Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Anjani Kumar said, “four persons beat up a Dalit woman and subsequently forced her to drink her urine on Thursday for allegedly practising witchcraft”.

After the incident, the woman left the village, and yesterday she lodged an FIR.

The incident occurred after some children of the village fell ill and some locals believed that it might be the result of witchcraft allegedly practised by the woman, SDPO added.