Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Villagers Exhume and Burn Body Seeking Rain in Nagarkurnool
Villagers in a Nagarkurnool village wanted rain for their drying crops.
Some tantriks reportedly told them that cremating a buried body could bring rainfall.
The villagers dug up the body of a man who had died three months earlier.
They used an earthmover to remove it from the ground.
They then made a funeral pyre and burned the body with petrol.
Police detained some people who took part.
The police are investigating what happened.
The villagers reportedly said they believed the cremation would bring rain.
Villagers in Kodonipally, Nagarkurnool district, exhumed and cremated a man’s body.
The man had died and been buried by his family three months earlier.
Police said tantriks advised the villagers to cremate the body to bring rain.
The villagers reportedly hoped rainfall would help their drying crops.
Police detained some participants, and the case remains under investigation.
- Who
- Villagers in Kodonipally, reportedly acting on advice from tantriks; police detained some participants.
- What
- A buried body was exhumed and cremated in an attempt to bring rainfall.
- When
- The man had died three months earlier; police reported the incident on Sunday.
- Where
- Kodonipally village in Padara mandal, Nagarkurnool district.
- Why
- The villagers reportedly believed cremating the body would bring rain for their drying crops.
- Location
- Kodonipally, Padara mandal, Nagarkurnool district
- Deceased
- A man whose body had been buried three months earlier
- Action
- Villagers exhumed and cremated the body
- Advice
- Police said tantriks advised the act
- Stated motive
- The villagers hoped to bring rain for drying crops
- Police response
- Some participants were detained
- Investigation
- Police said the case was under probe