A shocking incident has come to light in Singhpur village of Gurdaspur district of Punjab. Here a priest started beating a young man in the name of exorcising a ghost. He killed the young man by beating him. Police said that Samuel Masih, a resident of Singhpura village of Dhariwal in Gurdaspur, used to have seizures and he kept screaming. Samuel’s family had called the local priest Jacob Masih to their home on Wednesday to pray for him.
According to the police, the pastor told the family that he was possessed by a demon. After this, the pastor and eight other people started beating him and told the family that doing so would force the demon to run out of his body. Police said that Samuel was a daily wage labourer. Due to the beating, Samuel died on the spot. The family buried him the next day. Two days after the incident, Samuel’s mother and wife lodged a complaint against the pastor.
Police said Samuel’s body was taken out for post-mortem on Saturday. The entire process was carried out under the supervision of duty magistrate Indrajit Kaur. Police said a case has been registered against the pastor and eight others under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The deceased’s wife said that Samuel often had seizures. That is why the priest was called to pray. The priest came to the house with some people and started praying. After this, he told them that a devil has entered Samuel and he has to be taken out. Then the priest made Samuel fall down and started kicking and punching him. Samuel died on the spot. He was buried the next day. But his family came forward only when the relatives gathered courage to complain against the priest.
