Woman branded ‘witch’,treated with hot iron rods by ‘tantrik’

A 35-year old woman was allegedly branded a “witch” by her family members and tortured by a “tantrik” in Pali district of Rajasthan,police said.

“The victim Narangi Bai’s husband and others said she was a ‘dayan’ and took her to the tantrik Usha Meena. The tantrik said that the woman possessed an evil spirit and in the name of scaring the ‘evil spirit’,she tortured Narangi Bai with hot iron rod,” SHO Kotwali,Omprakash,said Saturday.

The incident was reported to police by locals following which the woman was rescued and hospitalised and her condition is now stabled after treatment,he said.

Chunni Lal,the woman’s husband,his brother Pukhraj and his wife Manju and the lady tantrik Usha were arrested and the matter was being probed,he added.