MP: Infant victim of fire ritual loses battle of life; tantrik held
Shivpuri (MP), Mar 19 (PTI): A six-month-old baby who was hung upside down over fire in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district by an occultist during a ritual 'to rid him of shadows' last week succumbed to injuries during treatment, police said on Wednesday.
Kolaras police station in-charge Ravi Chouhan said baby Mayank died during treatment at Kamla Raja Hospital in Gwalior on Tuesday.
He said the baby's family members buried the body without informing the police.
"The body will be exhumed for conducting postmortem," Chouhan added.
The shocking incident occurred in Kolaras area on March 13 after the baby's parents took him to tantrik Raghuveer Dhakad's house to 'treat' him for discomfort.
What followed was an 'exorcism' ritual after the tantrik told parents that their son was being haunted by some shadows.
The incident came to light when the parents took their son to the Shivpuri district hospital, from where he was referred to Gwalior for further treatment, police had said.
The ritual badly damaged the eyes of the infant.
The tantrik was arrested on Monday.
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Will uplift poor Muslims financially, protect Wakf Board properties: Chandrababu Naidu
Vijayawada, March 27 (PTI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday called Ramadan a month of discipline, charity and reflection at an Iftar party hosted by the state government in Vijayawada.
The chief minister joined Muslims in their prayers and reaffirmed his commitment to uplifting poor Muslims and protecting Wakf Board properties in the state.
"We established Urdu universities in Hyderabad and Kurnool, and a Haj House in Kadapa. Between 2014 and 2019, we provided ‘Dulhan’ assistance to 32,722 minority brides at Rs 163 crore," said the chief minister at the Iftar party.
The NDA coalition government is working to uplift poor Muslim families while ensuring the protection of Wakf Board properties as TDP has always supported the Muslim community, said Naidu.
The TDP supremo said that the party shares a strong bond with Muslims as it extended several benefits in united Andhra Pradesh while NTR (NT Rama Rao) established a finance corporation and made Urdu the second official language, including building Haj House and protecting Wakf properties.
Naidu said that the state government has increased honoraria for Imams to Rs 10,000 and for Mouzans to Rs 5,000 while allocating Rs 5,434 crore for Muslim minorities with an increase of Rs 1,300 crore from the previous year.
