Ladu luhar

1.      Ladu luhar –village  rupaheli  witch hunting case in 1998

Ladu luhar could not even have imagined that she will be humiliated in such cruel ways in the same village in which she came as a bride so innocently when she was 11 years old. 40 years after her marriage  when she got widowed the  some powerful villages wanted to capture her land . As a result they declared her a witch , they cut her hair painted her face black and paraded her in the whole village. Then they tore all her clothes and made her run naked across the whole village and beat her just because she had refused to surrender her land to then strictly. She did not have any husband , any son hence she was the perfect target to be outcasted as witch. Orgnasitioan took care of her when she was in hospital for 15 days because the the bruises caused by the beatings.  This was the first witch hunting case in the village.  Because if lax attitude of police towards these issues the such cases rose to number in to 41 ( there might be many more undocumented) . Finally after a lot of struggle now we have a hope that there will be soon a law against witch hunting.

 Ladu was pretty depressed and nervous after this incident. But Taraji went to the village and called a big meeting, She asked the villagers that if such incidents take place then who really should be ashamed? Hearing this many people cursed the accuseds. After that meeting Ladu got her confidence back and today she lives there without feeling ashamed and if there is any ther witch hunting case she is always ready to help. We honor her to making a point that if not at fault hence she should never feel ashamed.