The pastor of the United Pentecostal Church (North East India) and six of his associates were arrested under Section 304 IPC by Lunglei police in connection with the death of Thangvunga (52), a resident of Lunglei Bazar Veng, while he was performing exorcism. They were granted bail by a local court.
Police sources said Thangvunga had developed a mental disorder and was in some sort of spiritual delirium since a few weeks.
The UPC pastor and his team attended to the man on Sunday night and performed an exorcism for long hours.
''The man went into a coma this morning. He was rushed to a hospital and was declared brought dead around 0700 hrs,'' a source from Lunglei police said.
Both parties, relatives of the deceased and the pastor's team, made a mutual agreement as a result of which no FIR was filed with the police. The police, however, filed a suo motu case and charged the pastor and his associates with culpable homicide, not amounting to murder.
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