Punjab: A six-year-old boy was rushed to hospital with burnt injuries after his father dropped him on hot coals during a Punjab’s Hindu ritual on Sunday.
The boy’s father was walking barefoot holding son Kartik on his arms on the red-hot embers when he lost his balance and fell during the ritual on Sunday. Bystanders rushed to the rescue and took Kartik to hospital after other family members refused to go with him by saying they had faith in God to heal him.
“The boy was admitted on Sunday night in the emergency ward. He has burn injuries on his limbs and on one side of his trunk,” doctor Jangpreet Singh. The kid suffered 13 percent of burnt and will be fine in a week. While his father has also sustained about 15 per cent burns. I think it will take at least five to seven days for their wounds to heal, the doctor added.
Around 600 devotees had gathered in in Jalandhar’s Kazi Mandi for a festival in honour of the goddess Maa Maariamma. Devotees must fast for seven days before walking on the burning coals in the ancient Hindu practice aimed at appeasing the deity.
