Authorities Probe Indian Villagers For Parading Na…

Officers on Tuesday probed Indian villagers who paraded six bare ladies, as a part of rituals to summon rains and convey aid from the drought-like conditions.

The incident occurred within the parched Bundelkhand area of Madhya, Pradesh state in India.

Regional Police Chief, DR Teniwar, informed reporters that the movies surfaced on Indian social media networks, exhibiting the women strolling bare with a frog tied to a wood shaft on their shoulders.

“We obtained data that some younger ladies have been paraded bare to appease rain gods, as a part of a long-held superstition and prevailing social evils.”

The police had not obtained any formal grievance concerning the incident however have launched an investigation.

“Motion shall be taken whether it is discovered that the women have been pressured to stroll bare,” he added.

Individually, India’s Nationwide Fee for Safety of Youngster Rights has sought a report from the native administration.

Home stories mentioned some girls accompanied the women, who gave the impression to be throughout the vary of 5 to 12, singing devotional songs, with the procession amassing meals grains in a group feast at a neighborhood temple.

District official, S Krishna Chaitanya,  informed the PTI information company that the women’ mother and father had consented to the ritual and had even participated.

“In such circumstances, the administration can solely make the villagers conscious concerning the futility of such superstition and make them perceive that such practices don’t yield desired outcomes.’’

Such weird rituals to please the rain gods usually are not unusual in India. These included girls ploughing fields bare at midnight or marrying off donkeys in elaborate ceremonies.