Daijiworld Media Network – Belagavi (EP)
Belagavi, Sep 29: In a strange incident, relatives of a boy from Khanapur, kept his dead body covered in salt in front of postmortem centre of Taluk health office for revival, for an hour, following the advice of a sorcerer. The boy had died from being bitten by a poisonous snake in their house compound on Wednesday, September 28.
The deceased youth, Rudrappa Yallappa Pejoli (24) from Avarolligrama, was bitten by a snake and had died by the time he reached the doctor. His relatives who could not believe it, consulted a sorcerer at Beedi grama. The sorcerer assured them, the youth will be relieved of poison if he is covered in salt for an hour and will come out alive.
The relatives brought out the dead body kept for postmortem and got it covered in about 50 kg salt in the presence of police and waited for an hour. However, the boy did not come back to life.