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IANS
BHOPAL: In medieval justice rural India style, 13 people in
a Madhya Pradesh village burnt their hands after they were forced to pick up a
ring from a cauldron of boiling oil to prove they had not stolen a plate worth
Rs 20.
In meting out instant justice, the village council at Soni in
Mandsaur district resorted to superstition and said the innocent would remain
unscathed while the guilty would suffer burn injuries.
The incident took
place Tuesday evening.
According to police officials, who have launched
a hunt for the accused, it all began when a plate worth Rs. 20 was stolen from
the house of Chunni Lal in the village.
He took up the matter with the
village council with Chunni Lal himself presiding over the meeting.
The
council summoned the 13 suspects and ruled that the suspects should pick up a
ring from a cauldron of boiling oil one by one.
All the 13 suffered burn
injuries.
The police were informed about the incident. However, all the
accused had escaped by the time they reached the village.
"Chunni Lal,
the prime accused in the case, is absconding along with his family," said a
Mandsaur police official.
Such incidents are not uncommon in Madhya
Pradesh.
About 18 months ago, a woman in another village of the same
district was forced to hold a piece of hot iron on her palms to prove her
fidelity.
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