Hot-Iron Branding

ONI Bureau:  In yet another case of superstitious practice, a 15-day-old baby branded with hot iron to cure ailments in Keonjhar district. Reportedly, the infant was suffering with stomach ailment and fever. Following which her…

ONI Bureau:  The practice of treating infants with hot iron is rampant in remote and tribal districts of Odisha. As an utter display of superstition-based inhuman behaviour, a three-year-old baby boy died at Binda village in Pandapada…