A 30 year-old Punjab, India man suffering from what family believed was demonic possession called in a pastor and several others to perform an exorcism last week and by some measures they got the job done as the man no longer shows any signs of torment by the alleged entity, WION reports.
Problem is that the pastor, Jacob Masih, and his team kind of overdid it with Samuel Masih (no relation mentioned in the source article) and their methods applied to “force the devil away” ended up killing Samuel. It’s not clear if Jacob was holding up a crucifix (or Hindu totem, though “Pastor” implies Christian) and praying loudly before he and his crew decided to beat the shit out of Samuel or if they just chose violence from the get-go. Local prosecutors are investigating the incident.