| Two women were killed while one sustained burn injuries after being thrown into a fire by an exorcist on the pretext of exorcising demons in Mirpur Khas, a private TV channel reported on Friday. According to the channel, police had arrested the husband and father-in-law of one of the deceased on a murder charge in Kot Ghulam Muhammad area of Mirpur Khas district. Police said the three women had been taken to an amil (exorcist) by their in-laws to get evil spirits possessing them expelled, the channel said. One woman was injured. According to the channel, police had requested the magistrate to order exhumation of the women's bodies. The exorcist had not been arrested so far. |