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Self-styled swami arrested
Coimbatore, April 18: A self-styled swami has been arrested for performing 'nude pooja' of a woman on the pretext of removing evil spirits at Kunnathur in nearby Erode district.
According to police, a 25-year-old married woman was taken to the swami, who was claiming that he could remove any evil force, last night.
The woman's husband, who barged into the room after hearing her screams, saw his wife lying nude while the swami was performing pooja.
The relatives and villagers, who followed, immediately informed the police after tying up the swami.
The 27-year-old swami, Senthil Kumar, was arrested and is being interrogated, police said. (Agencies)
Published: Monday, April 18, 2005
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'Drunk' monkeys' attack injures three:-
Bhubaneswar | April 18, 2005 6:24:52 PM IST
Bhubaneswar, April 17 : A group of monkeys descended on an Orissa village, quaffed down pots of an intoxicating brew lying in the open and then set upon the villagers, injuring three of them.
The incident occurred in Baralapokhari village near Bhadrak town, 142 km from here.
Irate villagers struck back at the inebriated monkeys with sticks and other weapons and drove them away. The injured have been hospitalised.
The intoxicating 'pana' drink had been prepared from marijuana leaves as part of an offering to Hindu gods on the occasion of the Oriya new year Friday. The villagers had kept it in pots outside their huts to ferment, an official said. |
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