Ostracised families back in village as Prez intervenes

More than six months after the village committee of Jharapadar in Ganjam district socially boycotted two families over some disputes, the committee accepted back into the village following intervention by President Droupadi Murmu.

- DWARKA PRASAD PATNAIK, OP

According to reports, H Sabitri Reddy faced ostracism following an altercation between her husband and some villagers over a trivial issue. The village committee then imposed penalty of ₹15,000 on the Sabitri’s family based on the verbal spat with her husband, a mentally-challenged person. When the family failed to pay the penalty, the committee ostracised it. This compelled Sabitri to stay with her sister in Basanapalli near Chhatrapur in July last year.