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`Sati' in M.P. village

Bhopal Aug. 6. In an incident of `sati', a 65-year-old woman sat on the funeral pyre of her husband today and died of burns, at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district.

Police said Mallu Nai died at Tamoli Patna village after a prolonged illness.

On coming to know that his wife, Kuttu Bai, intended to commit `sati', two policemen from Saleha rushed to the area but were stoned by the villagers. Kuttu Bai's two grown-up sons did not attempt to prevent her from sitting on the pyre.

The village is now deserted and further information about the incident will be known only after the people return, police said adding that a group of senior officials had rushed to Tamoli Patna. — PTI

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