Village elders order trial by boiling oil
 

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The leaders of a village in the Indian state of Rajasthan ordered 150 men to dip their hands into boiling oil to prove their innocence after food was stolen from a local school, a newspaper reported Sunday.

In late August the school's principal informed police that rice and wheat had disappeared but no action was taken, the Sunday Express said.

The 150 men from Ranpur and two neighboring hamlets were told to pick a copper ring from a cauldron of boiling oil. The council elders then announced that the 50 who refused the order must be behind the crime. Many are now nursing their burns.

"We would have been ostracized had we refused. Out of fear all of us agreed. This is not the first time this has been done," said one 45-year-old man.

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OUCH :mad: That is crazy :mad:

whats the fuck if you punish yourself you didnt do it?

What if someone got raped? and they wern't sure who did it?:winkwink:

what the hell? AND they went along with it.. if all 150 of them didnt do it, then what??

That's quite the modern civilization they're cultivating out there in Rajasthan.

Good for them.

"We would have been ostracized had we refused."

gee, they aren't too bright.

what the fuck is with these dudes?

:eek7 as if they can actually know who's the thief jst by dipping their hands there...

:warning And we think we have it bad in our city :warning

They have no logic what so ever.

:1orglaugh That can't be real :1orglaugh

omfg, they're nuts

It is real :mad:

Man they're better of boiling chicken in that oil. At least nobody gets hungry.

That looks like one of those Deep Fried Turkey rigs lol:pimp

And CNN said that Bronx is bad, LOL.

Maybe the elders hoped that the innocent bunch would point out the thief.

The 150 idiots should have all refused, who are the elders going to blame then?

I don't think they are that bright to think that far ahead :(