Height of superstition: Hindu woman locks up son naked for 13 years

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April 14, 2016

Mysuru, Apr 14: A team of officials and human rights activists on Wednesday rescued a youth locked inside a room of his house from the past 13 years, allegedly by his family, at Hura village in Nanjangud taluk of the district.

lockedThe youth, now aged 23 years, was restrained at the age of 10 by his mother on the advice of a devara guddappa' (god's worshipper in old Mysuru region), believing that he is a godman'. The youth, identified as Kumaraswamy, had lost his father at the age of three. Since then, he was living with his mother Nanjamma and younger sister Channajamma. The guddappa allegedly told Nanjamma about her son's divinely qualities'. Since then, Kumaraswamy was restricted to his room and was also disrobed, Tahsildar H?Ramappa told an English daily newspaper.

Interestingly, the youth, in the later stage, started behaving in an abnormal manner at the behest of guddappa.?Barring his sister, who was taking care of his daily needs, nobody was allowed to meet him.

Prasanna, an activist who visited the house, said the dishevelled youth with unkempt beard, was in the decrepit room, emanating tepid smell, as he was forced to relieve in the same place and rarely took bath. “We had a torrid time making him wear clothes before bringing him out of the house. The youth was also struggling to speak, as he had stopped talking to others, including family members, since a decade,” Prasanna added.

The tahsildar, who counselled the youth, had to face some tough moments as his mother refused to disagree with her son's godly nature. When the tahsildar wanted to take him to the doctor, his mother sought time, to seek the permission' of god. Eventually, on the reference of a local doctor, the youth was taken to a psychiatrist at KR?Hospital in Mysuru.

Dr?Rajgopal told Deccan Herald that the condition can be assessed only after a day, after monitoring his present status. Neighbours unaware.

The neighbours, who claim to be unaware of Kumaraswamy's ordeal, told the officials, “Whenever we went near the house, the mother would ask us to stay away, saying that her house is a holy place.”

The only source of income for this Hindu family was widow pension of Nanjamma. While her younger daughter had studied till class eight and discontinued, Kumaraswamy never went to school. Strangely, there is no mention of Kumaraswamy in the ration card, said Prasanna.

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Mohammed SS
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Thursday, 14 Apr 2016

Police department should take a step to check all the houses belonging to Hindus, this kind of so many cases might have been hidden in their houses, the problem with them that they blindly worship any creature and god man...what a shame and what a unfortunate even the educated class also cannot understand the truth of true God

Sahil
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Thursday, 14 Apr 2016

Nanjamma matha ki jay.. Naked baba ki jay.

KhasaiKhaane
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Thursday, 14 Apr 2016

\Nanjamma Mata Ki Jai...\"
That godman and the Maataji should be sent to prison for life.
Sanghis can protest for Maataji' and their Gay-Man's arrest against the police."

Satyameva jayate
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Thursday, 14 Apr 2016

Teach them about real gods..... All the dirty mangods concept push people to believe in this nonsense and some take it granted to earn a living.

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January 21,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 21: Braving the biting cold, chief minister BS Yediyurappa took time out of his busy schedule to go around Davos on Monday.

Clad in a long coat over a suit, scarf and leather gloves, Yediyurappa, with secretary S Selvakumar in tow, took in the sights of well-laid bylanes, quaint houses and snow-covered pine trees. He also rode a cable car at Persenn.

A cook from Andhra Pradesh, who works at an Indian restaurant in Davos, served the CM shavige uppittu and khara pongal for breakfast. Yediyurappa had chapatis and rice for dinner.

Meanwhile, Karnataka is likely to have a ‘Centre for Internet of Ethical Things’, perhaps, the world’s first, which will seek to ensure ethical practices in trade and businesses, besides addressing issues like misuse of artificial intelligence, a concern that has been bothering business leaders across the globe.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Yediyurappa signed an informal agreement with Murat Sonmez, the forum’s managing director, on Monday. "Investors around the globe are worried about unethical practices in business and a centre is the need of the hour," Sonmez was quoted as saying in a press release. "If the Karnataka government is serious about securing investment, it should set up the centre immediately."

Yediyurappa immediately responded to the suggestion by prompting Sonmez to write down an informal agreement on a sheet of paper which both signed. "This centre will go a long way in Karnataka’s history of industrial development," Sonmez was quoted as saying in a release by the Karnataka delegation.

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Industries minister Jagadish Shettar, chief secretary TM Vijaya Bhasker and industries secretary Ramana Reddy were also signatories to the informal agreement.

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Bengaluru, Mar 24: Underlining the seriousness of the coronavirus, which is spreading like wildfire in Karnataka, renowned Heart Surgeon and founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya Dr Devi Shetty on Tuesday predicted that Karnataka alone will have more than 80,000 people affected with the dreaded killer disease COVID-19 if people fail to protect themselves.

He urged the people to cooperate with the Government in preventing its further spread and immediately treat those who are affected.

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He said if 80,000 people in the state were affected, more than 20,000 need to be admitted to Hospital for treatment.

"More than 2000 affected need to be kept under ventilation and it requires more infrastructure in the hospitals," he said.

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