Branded witch and banished, woman seeks police help

Dungarpur (Rajasthan), A 50-year-old woman in Rajasthan’s tribal-dominated Dungarpur district has complained to police that she was branded a witch, tortured and banished from her village, police said Saturday.

The incident took place in Orabara village in Dungarpur district, some 550 km from Jaipur, and a case has been registered against two villagers. Police say an inquiry has been ordered. Read More................Branded witch and banished, woman seeks police help

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Two-year-old girl branded 12 times

RAJKOT: As part of age-old practice of branding kids in the supposed belief that it will cure them of their ailments, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl was branded twelve times on her abdomen in the remote Vagad village of Kutch district.

Kusum Koli, (name changed), who was suffering from cerebral malaria with septicemia, was branded 12 times on her abdomen by her parents on January 12 to cure their child of these diseases. However, the child's condition worsened and she fell unconscious and had to be brought to Gandhidham. Read More................Two-year-old girl branded 12 times in Kutch village

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Class 3 tribal girl branded with iron rods in hostel

Bhopal: An eight-year-old tribal girl was allegedly branded with iron rods several times by a hostel superintendent in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district, officials said Wednesday.Shushila, a Class 3 student, was studying at Adivasi Kanya Ashram in Shahdol and living in the school hostel.

The latest incident reportedly took place Jan 4 when hostel superintendent Anita Sant took Shushila from her hostel room to her office and subjected her to the torture.

“At 8 p.m. she came and took me to her office room and hit me with iron rods,” a frightened Shushila said. Read More................Class 3 tribal girl branded with iron rods in hostel

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