Aizawl, Mar 30 (PTI) Six people died of cerebral malaria in south Mizoram's Lunglei district in March, the Minister of State for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Nihar Kanti Chakma today informed the state assembly. The deaths were diagnosed to have been caused by cerebral malaria at Thanzamasora, Chakma said adding during his visit to the area on March 26 he had tried to dispel the beliefs of the villagers that they were cursed by black magic and were fleeing from the area. "Many people migrated to other villages while some of them hid in the nearby forests for fear of the spell," he said, adding that he implored the people not to believe in superstition. Chakma also lauded the role of Christian missionaries in their efforts to dispell the superstition and for providing medical care to the affected families alogn with the government. He said three Malaria-affected persons were still under treatment at hospital in nearby Chawngte.