Hot iron

In yet another superstition-based practice to cure disease, a three-month-old baby girl was branded with hot iron to cure the stomach ailments at Muktapur village in Angul district. The infant was admitted to the Pallahada Sub-divisional…

An eight-year-old boy was branded with hot iron at Panchama village in Keonjhar District today. The minor was  branded with a hot iron rod by his mother after he did not recover from fever. After his condition became very critical he…