Boy, 5, Drowns As Family Forces Him To Take Ganga Dip To "Cure" Blood Cancer
Superstition and the hopes for a miracle led to the death of a five-old, terminally-ill boy in Uttarakhand's Haridwar. The boy was suffering from blood cancer, and his parents believed that the river Ganga would cure him. In the cruel winter in north India, the boy was submerged in the freezing river. The attempts to prolong his life ended up killing him, say the police. The boy's Aunty The family, which lived in Delhi, left for Haridwar around 9 am yesterday. The cab driver said the child was accompanied by his parents and another woman relative. Some reports have identified her as the boy's aunt. The cab driver said the boy looked extremely unwell and the family had told him that he was suffering from cancer and doctors in Delhi had given up. A disturbing video shows the parents of the boy chanting prayers while his aunt submerged him under the water. Some bystanders noticed that the boy was underwater for too long and started asking the family to stop. When they did not,...