Desi Cartman Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Chandigarh: No one knows exactly why it’s happening or how. But in Amloh, a dusty village of about 600 in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district, “one person has died every 17 days†for the past four months. A mortal fear has gripped Amloh, forcing people to go off sex, alcohol and even non-vegetarian food in a bid to purge themselves of what they call a 17-day death curse. “Tomorrow (Thursday) is again the 17th day and we are terrified,†said Kuldeep Singh, the sarpanch. “The world may not believe this but we have lost five perfectly healthy people. One just dies every 17 days. We are hoping nothing happens to any of us this time,’ he said. ‘‘Maybe Kherha Devta (the presiding deity) is unhappy with us. Somebody must have done something very wrong.’’ It all began on May 13, when 55-year-old Ruliya Ram was found dead on his bed. Villagers say he was fine a day before. Then it was Seema Devi, who complained of a brief illness before she died on May 30. The third to go was 22-year-old Rahul — exactly 17 days later on June 16. After that, it was Dharma Pal on July 3. The last to die, 19-year-old Raman Kumar, had a minor chest infection. “He suddenly collapsed and died before he was rushed to hospital,†said a family member. Kiram Kumar, Raman’s uncle, said, “He had a meal with us but within moments, dropped his neck to the left and was gone.†Kunta Devi, 70, said in all her years, she has never seen such anxiety and foreboding. “Everyone is praying, hoping no harm comes to their families. We have an all-night havan to stop the unthinkable from happening tomorrow. The deaths have to end here.†( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Desi Cartman Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chandigarh/17-day-death-curse-haunts-Haryana-village/articleshow/4861641.cms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Police will have to keep an eye before they burn some woman calling her a witch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikred Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 This reminds me of my engineering college where a year before I joined and all the four years I studied there, every year there has been a death of a student. 1 suicide and 4 accidents. The last one was my batch-mate who died in a road accident. He got crushed under a lorry and along with him was another friend of mine who was seriously injured by out of danger. The college management conducted some kind of pooja. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I was traveling in a cab passing a traffic signal near my place. There was an accident recently. The cabby informed me that an auto driver died of that accident in the morning. Then he told me that ever since they installed traffic lights there, the signal consumes at least one life every month. All the cabbies believe that and no one tries to jump the stop light. But someone definitely dies there every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Nothing happened.The usual times of India BS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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