Priest burns girl’s hands for theft

May 17, 2012 - Nalla Ram |

Visakhapatnam

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A Sanskrit scholar burnt the hands of a seven-year-old girl on Tuesday for stealing Rs 2 from a temple’s offering plate on Tuesday. The callous incident, which took place in a temple at Madhurawada in Visakhapatnam, came to light on Wednesday.

According to reports, a group of 17 priests and Sanskrit scholars from Basara of Adilabad district had arrived in the city on Tuesday to participate in a devotional programme. They were staying at the Siddeshwara Swamy temple in Madhurawada. The incident took place in the evening when seven-year-old A. Sridevi of Tailors Colony visited the temple for darshan. She was caught taking Rs 2 from a plate inside the temple to buy snacks.

One J. Buddi, 20, who works on the temple premises, informed the leader of the Sanskrit scholars, P. Aswan Kumar, 19, that Sridevi had been stealing money from the temple offerings for the past few weeks. Aswan Kumar decided to teach the girl a lesson and dragged Sridevi inside the temple and burnt both her hands with a hot metal rod. He also beat her and warned her not to come to the temple again.

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That's strange, what could

Robert Davies

17 May 2012 - 16:55

That's strange, what could their supernatural gods possibly want with material wealth? Surely they can spare 2 rupees (around £0.03) for a girl who doesn't look like she's in best of health. Dana (charity) is one of the 10 niyamas, the Hindu codes of conduct, it seems these priests have forgotten all about it.

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