2-yr-old branded with hot iron rod to cure illness, dies
A two-year-old girl from Rajasthan's Bhilwara died on Saturday after she was branded with a hot iron rod as part of a superstitious ritual to cure her illness. The practice of 'raakha' or 'daagna' is locally believed to open up clogged veins and arteries, and cure ailments, reports said. We get such cases every month, a local paediatrician said.