Indian 'witchcraft' couple burned alive
An elderly couple in southern India were burned to death on a pyre by a local mob who believed the two were witches, police said today.
Sayilu Pandla, 70, and his wife Pochamma, 65, were dragged out of their hut in the village of Upputimmayapalli, beaten and then set on fire by the crowd that included some of their relatives, said district superintendent of police RB Naik.
