"iron-rod"

A one-month-old baby boy was branded with a hot iron rod about 40 times to cure a disease in Odisha's Nabarangpur district following which he was admitted to a government hospital

The duo, along with Riyamma, 57, an Ayah of the Anganwadi near by, who tried to rescue them, all died due to electrocution.

The incident took place at 8.45 a.m. on Friday at a place between Danwar and Somna railway stations in Prayagraj division, Uttar Pradesh.

The police, who recorded the victim’s statement on Thursday, said the girl was in a state of trauma and was admitted to a private hospital in Medipally.