Brothers fined for keeping 'pet ghost'
Brothers fined for keeping 'pet ghost': "A village council in eastern India has fined two brothers for keeping a pet ghost. Iswar and Haripada Murmu, of Akshaypur in West Bengal, were accused of owning a ghost after one of their wives died. An exorcist summoned by villagers claimed the brothers' pet ghost was 'responsible for a recent outbreak of disease in the locality'. Village elders said they were bringing evil to the village and fined them the equivalent of £360, reports the Deccan Chronicle. The paper reports that the brothers had to mortgage their agricultural land to raise the money."
(Via WiccanWeb.ca.)