Published: 2015 May 17 09:09:59 (11007 Views)

A seven-year-old girl in India has had her finger cut off because her mother though it would ward off the 'Jamoga monster' an evil spirit that has reportedly gripped her since birth.

People in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district believe Jamoga is responsible for symptoms like changes in body colour, alterations in voice, stiffness of the jaw, numbness of hands and feet, frequently passing stool, or breathlessness among newborns.

They believe that once Jamoga takes control of a child, death is nearly certain.

They believe the solution to ward off the evil spirit is to dip the newborn's little finger in boiling mustard oil.

Once the baby starts crying, Jamoga is believed to have been exorcised.



Rama Devi of Jeehva village, who burnt her five-month-old daughter's finger two weeks ago, said: "It is a life-saving intervention."

Many symptoms that locals believe are indicative of Jamoga's presence are apparently easy-to-cure medical conditions.

Frequent passing of stool and vomiting, for instance, is symptomatic of diarrhoea, while shortness of breath, may occur due to pulmonary infections, particularly pneumonia.

Kanti's mother Phooljhara says the process of identifying whether a child is in the grips of Jamoga is simple.

"A duck is brought near the baby. If the duck doesn't go close to the baby, chances of baby's survival are low," she said.



Source - TOI

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