[nukkad] more on Sati

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Forgot to report. It is front page on today's Hindustan times.
Almost full page covered.

15 people have been arrested for the incidents including two
sons.

40 policemen have been posted at the village TO ENSURE THAT NO
ONE "TRIES TO GLORIFY" THE INCIDENT.

district administration is commissioning a magisterial enquirey
into the episode.

The cases have been booked under murder, conspiracy and murder.
There is no case booked under Sati. District administration says
that Sati follows a lot of ritual, but there was no ritual at all
in this case. It seems that the lady acted on emotional impulse.

The women had been living one of the son in separate house and
the husband had been living with the other son in a separate
house. The wife had husband had not even spoken to each other for
years, it seems.

The incident was reported to the local police station, 8 km away,
by the husband of the village women sarpanch Vimla Chaurasia at
9:10 AM.

It is said that villege chokidaar had  alread informed police at
07:00 AM.

Relatives say that police was again informed at 8:00 AM when she
actually sat on the pyre. People including her sons tried to
convince her to drop the idea for one hour.

C.M., B.J.P and several other agencies and people have condemned
the incident. Digvijay Singh said that orders have been issued
inquire into the matter. The high level inquiry should not only
reveal the cause behind the incident, but also suggest measures
to stop occurence of such incidents in future.
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