Posted on 04/20/2005 3:17:40 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
Police in India have arrested a 'holy man' who allegedly forced a woman to strip naked and broke coconuts on her head.
Senthil Kumar, 27, promised to treat the woman, 30-year-old Selvi Dhanalakshmi, after her parents brought her to his hermitage at Velliraveli, near Erode.
Kumar claimed she was possessed and offered to exorcise her of the evil spirit, reports the Deccan Chronicle newspaper.
He locked himself up with the woman in a room before stripping her of her clothes and lighting camphor on her palms and breasts.
The woman began yelling in pain when the holy man, chanting prayers, started breaking coconuts on her head
Her parents, alarmed by the screams, forced open the door with the help of the locals and found her naked and bleeding from head injuries.
It is reported villagers gave the holy man a good thrashing before handing him over to the police who have since charged him with attempted murder and fraud.
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Naw, socialized medicine. Hillary Healthcare.
Kind of debatable who actually had the evil spirit.
Score one for the villagers!
HAHA!! I was assuming this was the first Pope Benedict Bashing article... They have been known to grasp at straws, ya know!! :-)
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.
Selvi Dhanalakshmi. Now this is the kind of person the liberals would have liked to have seen elected Pope.
Is this the "Survivor " thread?..the show is on tomorrow, not tonight..
Think of all the victims who suffer in silence.
Of course I meant, Mr. Senthil Kumar.
Last time I tried that I just got my face slapped.
"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts..."
strip the girl nekkit and smash her with coconuts, that always worked when i was a holy man
It is reported villagers gave the holy man a good thrashing before handing him over to the police
hindi malpractice suit ?
Harry Nilssen wouldn't blame him.
"Score one for the villagers!"
I don't know. You really think this was the first time for this kind of lunacy?
We're those injuries on her chin?
You never know when the witch doctor's going to strip you naked and break coconuts over your head.
You win today's contest for BLOD. (best line of the day)
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