
In Nagaland, an itch for reviving prickly cages for offenders
The Hindu
Some villages in Nagaland are trying to revive a traditional form of punishment that seeks to check crime with an itch in time.
Social offenders or violators of Naga customary laws have over the ages dreaded a cramped, triangular cage made from the logs of an indigenous tree that irritates the skin.
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