According to beliefs, young girls are made to walk naked with a wooden shaft rested on their shoulders with a frog tied to it. Women accompanying these girls sing bhajans to praise the rain god. Six minor girls were paraded naked at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district as part of a ritual to please the rain god and get relief from the drought-like situation, officials said on Monday. Damoh SP DR Teniwar said the police received the information that some young girls were paraded naked to appease the rain god as part of local practice. According to belief, young girls are made to walk naked with a wooden shaft rested on their shoulders with a frog tied to it. Women accompanying these girls sing bhajans to praise the rain god, he said. He said the parents of these girls are also involved in the incident. The district collector said none of the villagers complained about the 'ritual'. In one of the video clips, girls looking aged around 5 without clothes are seen walking side by side with a wooden shaft resting on their shoulders with a frog tied to it. A group of women singing bhajans follows the procession.
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Six minor girls in central India were stripped and paraded naked as part of a village ritual to summon rains. The incident took place in a drought-parched village in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state. Videos that went viral on social media reportedly showed young girls walking naked with a wooden shaft on their shoulders which had a frog tied to it. Locals believe the ritual will appease the rain god and bring rainfall to the region. India's National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought a report from the administration of Damoh district, where the village is located. The Madhya Pradesh police said they had not received any formal complaint against the event, but added that they had opened an investigation. The video shows the girls, some of them reported to be as young as five, walking together in a procession, followed by a group of women singing hymns. The procession stopped at every house in the village and the children collected foodgrains, which were later donated to the community kitchen of a local temple. Damoh district collector S Krishna Chaitanya said the girls' parents had consented to the ritual and had even participated in it.
Kanpur : A minor girl was found dead in the backyard of her home in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The body of the year-old girl bore deep wounds, indicating the possibility of a murder. The girl lives in a village that falls under the Chikasi police station in Hamirpur. The incident took place when the minor girl was alone at her residence. The girl's parents and siblings had gone to work in the agricultural fields. The police are trying to identify the person who brutally murdered the year-old girl inside her home. The girl's parents said that they learned about the incident when they returned home in the evening. On coming back, the girl's family saw her half-naked body lying in a pool of blood in the courtyard of the house.
