Menstrual Blood Collected For 'Aghori Pooja', Horrific Incidents Of Woman Being Harassed By In-Laws

Women face violence in almost all spheres of life, be it in the office, their own home or their in-law's home after marriage. Although it continues everywhere, it varies in type and intensity between cultures and nations. With deeply ingrained ideas of patriarchy that consider women as inferior to males, Indian women are constantly victims of everything from rape and domestic violence to child marriage, dowry, being forced to participate in superstitious rituals, and human trafficking and many more. Here are some of the bizarre reasons women were harassed, in the most shocking ways:

1. In-Laws Harass Woman And Took Her Menstrual Blood For Aghori Pooja

In March 2023, a woman filed a complaint in which she shared that her husband and in-laws allegedly harassed her and took her menstrual blood for the ‘Aghori Pooja’ ritual. The victim said in her complaint that she was starved for three days during her monthly cycle and that someone purchased her menstrual blood for ₹50,000 in order to use it for black magic. The woman filed a report after she returned to her parent's home in Pune following the incident, which she claims occurred at her in-laws' house in the Beed district.

2. Woman Forced To Eat Powdered Human Bones

Here is another incident that happened in January 2023 where a woman in Pune filed a complaint against her husband and in-laws. She claimed that they forced her to consume powdered human bones as part of a black magic ritual suggested by a local occultist to be able to conceive a child.

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In an earlier complaint filed in 2019, the woman claimed that her in-laws had demanded dowry at the time of the wedding, including money and jewellery made of gold and silver.

In the second case, the woman's in-laws allegedly forced her to participate in superstitious activities at home during the Amavasya nights. She also mentioned that she was forcefully taken to the crematorium and forced to participate in rituals that involved consuming powdered human bones.

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3. In-Laws Force Woman To Take Shower In Public

In August 2022, a woman from Pune lodged a complaint, after her husband and in-laws forced her to take a shower in public as recommended by an occultist. Also, the woman mentioned that since she married in 2013 at the age of 21, her in-laws had started harassing her.

Husband and in-laws force a woman to bathe naked in public to conceive a boy in an occult ritual. I'm wondering why all these dehumanising practices by people of religion are forced on women.
How do 'tantric' forces attack & attach only to women? https://t.co/UXjPhHaHM4

— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) August 23, 2022

The woman told the police that her in-laws came in contact with the occultist, Moulana Baba Jamadar, from Kolhapur to conduct some rituals on her to get profit in business. In order for the woman to "carry a male child", Jamadar suggested that her husband and her in-laws make her take a public bath under a waterfall. After the complaint, four people including the husband, in-laws, and the occultist were arrested.

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