Sukkur : Two youths belonging to the Jogi community declared ‘insane’ and tied to different trees with chains within the compound of a shrine near Rohri for about five months attracted attention of many people when they talked and behaved normally insisting that they had never suffered from any mental disorder. They begged for help pleading that their families harboured misconceptions leading to such treatment being meted out to them.
Wazir Jogi, a resident of Bagarji village of Sukkur district, and Jumman Jogi, a resident of Jamro village of Shikarpur district, were brought to the Dost Mohammed Shah shrine within a graveyard near Rohri town by their respective families about five months ago with an identical plea that they needed spiritual treatment for their mental disorder.
Dhani Bukhsh Buriro, the custodian of the shrine, tied them to two different trees assuring their families that they would get rid of the ‘malady’ in due course of time. Since then the ‘patients’ have been undergoing the treatment and their families waiting for divine help. Some of the regular visitors to the shrine said the patients were among the many given the same treatment at the shrine in the past.
However, a group of people gave a hearing to the two patients and seemed convinced by their arguments. Jumman, speaking patiently, stated that he was forced by his family to marry an elderly woman to which he objected and insisted that his bride must be younger than him. He said he defied the family’s decision and reacted violently when they implemented their decision. He said his life was spoiled and he turned psychopath. “Resultantly, they brought me here to undergo such an inhuman treatment,” he said in a normal tone. The other youth, Juman Jogi, said that he was brought here after high fever affected his brain in 2010. He recalled that due to inappropriate treatment, he started behaving strangely and harmed his family members under the influence of pain and other disorders. He said his family felt he had gone mad and needed spiritual treatment.
Both the men urged the sympathetic crowd to help them get rid of the inhuman treatment.
