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"Fearing AIDS, in-laws kill Indian
widow"
The
Star (www.thestar.com.my)
(27/02/07)
NEW DELHI: A sick woman in eastern India was beaten to death by her in-laws
because they suspected she had AIDS and feared she would infect the rest of
the family, a newspaper said yesterday.
Sabita Behera, a 30-year-old widow from a village in Puri district in Orissa
state, was suffering from a fever for several days which her in-laws
believed was due to the deadly virus, the Asian Age reported.
There was no test conducted to determine the cause of her illness, the
newspaper said.
The woman's husband died three years ago of a liver-related disease which
his family believed was also linked to AIDS, the daily said.
AIDS activists say a lack of awareness and widespread stigma and
discrimination have contributed to paranoia about the virus.
According to the United Nations, an estimated 5.7 million Indians are living
with HIV/AIDS. — Reuters
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