Intoxicated tribal woman in Odisha’s Koraput slits 3-year-old son’s throat, arrested

On Thursday morning, a delirious Muduli went around the village telling people how she killed her son. People then flocked to her house to find her youngest son’s body in a pool of blood with the throat slit.

Published on: Apr 15, 2022, 02:33:30 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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A tribal woman in Odisha’s Koraput district has been arrested after she slit the throat of her youngest child, a 3-year-old son, in an intoxicated state.

A tribal woman in Odisha’s Koraput district has been arrested after she slit the throat of her youngest child in an intoxicated state. (HT PHOTO.)

Police officials in Koraput said, Phulamati Muduli of Lukumari village under Dasmantpur block had a racuous celebration of the Chaiti festival with her husband Ganga and neighbours on Wednesday night with heavy drinking and feasts.

“After several rounds of drinking, she came home with her husband. But an hour later, she picked up a knife and slit the throat of her 3-year-old son Siddhu Muduli. Her husband was in deep sleep and did not know anything about it,” said Koraput sadar police inspector Kiranbala Samal.

On Thursday morning, a delirious Muduli went around the village telling people how she killed her son. People then flocked to her house to find her youngest son’s body in a pool of blood with the throat slit. The woman came to her senses in the afternoon and she started repenting her crime and was arrested, police said.

“Prima facie we surmise, she committed the murder under the effect of liquor. Villagers said she used to lose control of herself whenever she got drunk,” said the inspector.

The woman has three other children including two sons and a daughter.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More

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