A woman and her two sons have suffocated to death in a windowless shed to which they were banished in the latest tragedy linked to the illegal practice of chhaupadi, whereby women in Nepal are forced to sleep in “period huts”.
Police said Amba Bohara, 35, had spent four days in the cowshed with her sons Ramit, nine, and Suresh, 12, when her father-in-law discovered their bodies on Wednesday 9th January.
She had been confined in line with the outlawed practice of chhaupadi – when women having their monthly periods are forced to sleep inside tiny sheds or animal shelters because they are considered impure.
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