Flashermac Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 HYDERABAD, India - Two men attacked an 80-year-old, self-proclaimed holy man in southern India and chopped off his right leg, apparently believing it had magical powers, police said Thursday. Yanadi Kondaiah, who claimed that those who touched his leg would be cured of illness or have wishes granted, was hospitalized in serious condition after the attack Tuesday, said R. Ravindranath Reddy, a senior police officer. "We are looking for the miscreants as well as the leg," Reddy told The Associated Press by telephone from the Chittoor district, a remote area 340 miles south of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state. "This seems to be a case of superstition. The two people might have taken away the leg hoping to benefit from its magical powers," said Pendakanti Dastgiri, the police officer handling the case. Superstitions, belief in magic and the occult remain widespread in much of rural India. Kondaiah told police that two men offered him a drink as thanks for previously helping them with his magical touch. After he passed out drunk, the men chopped off the leg below the knee with a sickle and left him to die, said Dastgiri, adding that passing villagers found him and took him to a hospital. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loner w/a boner Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Lucky leg? Sounds like his luck "ran out", hehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 It wasn't a lucky leg, it was a magic leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Not anymore.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Sort of like carrying a lucky rabbit's foot with you, only less convenient ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 "We are looking for the miscreants as well as the leg," not gonna help him much if they find the leg. great quote............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Sort of like carrying a lucky rabbit's foot with you, only less convenient... 555555555 But I never got the rabbit's foot thing. I doubt Bugs would say it was lucky... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 If a rabbit's foot is so lucky, why didn't it save the rabbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Yeah the leg is well gone .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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