Upon receiving a series of reports of houses abruptly catching fire by themselves in Sanambatla village, 15 km from Tirupati, recently, the police began an investigation and found a miffed teenage girl from the same village behind the deed.
After a series of incidents wherein 12 houses in their village caught fire by themselves over a few days, the villagers feared that it resulted from witchcraft or black magic.
However, a police team led by Deputy Superintendent (Chandragiri) T.D. Yashwanth and Circle Inspector Obulesh inspected the village and found no traces of chemicals usually used in such black magic at the sight of the accidents. They found no mechanical or electrical fault that could have resulted in the accidents either.
