Updated On: 03 January, 2021 04:00 PM IST | Chennai | mid-day online correspondent
Indira was not taken to the hospital as per the advice of a priest Sudarshan, who had told the children that if she was taken to a hospital God will not protect her.

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In a shocking case of superstition, the rotten body of a woman was recovered from her house in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu after a priest said "she'll heal" if kept at home.
As per a report in India Today, the woman, Indira, was working as a head constable at All Women's Police station in Dindigul.