22 September 2006

Sons arrested in sati death probe

"Indian police have arrested four sons of an old woman they believe committed suicide on Wednesday by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre. The Hindu practice, know as sati, is believed to have originated 700 years ago and is banned."

Click on the link below for the full article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5366506.stm

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