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BHS demands inquiry into Aradhana’s death
The Balala Hakkula Sangham on Saturday demanded that the police conduct a thorough inquiry into the issue of a 13-year-old student, Aradhana, who died due to ritualistic fasting for 68 days. It wants the police to take action on the guilty.
Hyderabad: The Balala Hakkula Sangham on Saturday demanded that the police conduct a thorough inquiry into the issue of a 13-year-old student, Aradhana, who died due to ritualistic fasting for 68 days. It wants the police to take action on the guilty.
At a press conference held at their office, Balala Hakkula Sangham president Anuradha Rao said that they have ensured booking a case with the police. This incident should be considered as a murder of a child in the name of religion, she said.
Aaradhana, a 13-year-old student studying in St Francis School was forced by her parents to go on fast for 68 days. Father of the girl, Laxmi Chand Manish Samdari is a gold trader in Secunderabad. As his business was not doing well, he was advised by a Jain guru to undertake fasting called ‘Tapasya’ by one of the family members.
The Hakkula Sangham said that Aaradhana was forced to perform fasting being called as ‘Tapasya’ by her parents.
Aradhana who took the fasting was allowed to drink water, that too before 6 pm, for 68 days. While performing the puja in Secunderabad Jain Mandir on October 2, the last day of the fasting, the girl had fainted.
She was taken to KIMS hospital and she died in the hospital on the same day. The doctors announced that she was brought dead.
Anuradha said that Balala Hakkula Sangham condemned this incident and demanded the arrest of parents.
