If the lady’s fingers burn from the oil then she is termed as ‘untrue’ to her husband. (Representative Image: Getty Images)
The girl’s husband had been suspecting her of constancy since a very long time and had lastly taken it up with the elders of their tribal group to check his spouse’s character
A mom of 4 was saved from dipping her fingers in boiling oil to show her constancy to her husband in a tribal group at a Chittoor district’s village on Thursday.
A tip-off which led to a well timed intervention of a authorities official saved the 50-year-old girl from the boiling oil. The unusual incident was reported from a tribal group at Thatithppu village close to Thenepalle of Chhittoor’s Puthalapattu mandal.
Around 10:30 am, the lady was about to take the boiling oil check however I went there in the nick of time and rescued her,” the Panchayat Raj Department official was quoted as saying by PTI.
As per the ritual of the ‘fidelity test’, 5 litres of oil was introduced to boiling level and poured into a brand new earthen pot adorned with flowers, as elders and different villagers gathered to witness it.
The girl’s husband had been suspecting her of constancy since a very long time and had lastly taken it up with the elders of their tribal group to check his spouse’s character.
The official stated that the 57-year-old husband had additionally bodily abused the lady a number of instances. According to the Yerukula tribe’s — to which the couple belong — outdated customs, a girl whose constancy is doubted upon should show herself by dipping her fingers in boiling oil.
The total group is current through the customized to see whether or not the lady’s fingers get burnt or not. If her fingers are burnt, then it will likely be concluded that she was loyal to her husband, nonetheless if her fingers do get burnt, then she will probably be termed ‘unfaithful’, the official who saved her stated.
The girl — mom of 4 grown up kids agreed to take the check and all of the preparations for it have been made when the native mandal parishad improvement officer (MPDO) arrived in time to intervene and cease this practice.
“The woman agreed to the test as she thought it was better to prove her innocence than regularly suffer from her husband’s thrashing,” the official famous.
Although no police case was filed towards the individuals concerned, the husband and different relations was known as to the police station for counselling, after which they have been let go. Officials are holding an in depth eye on the group and have additionally scheduled additional counselling together with police and different officers’ common go to to the village.
(With PTI inputs)
