http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mischievous-phone-call-triggers-panic-in-parts-of-andhra-pradesh/1/214432.html
India Today
23
August 2012
By
A Srinivasa Rao
Hyderabad
At
a time when rumours of attacks have triggered large scale exodus of
North-Easterners from different parts of the country to their home states, a
mischievous phone call kept thousands of people in several districts of Andhra
Pradesh awake on Wednesday night.
The
rumour was that anyone who slept in the night would die in their sleep and
never wake up the next morning. This bizarre incident was witnessed not only in
the rural parts of Anantapur, Nizamabad, Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Medak and Ranga
Reddy, but also in Old City of Hyderabad, where people came out of their houses
and spent the whole night on the streets discussing about the mysterious phone
call that forced them to undergo a sleepless night. [...]
http://twocircles.net/2012aug23/losing_sleep_over_rumors_hyderabad.html
TwoCircles.net
[Cambridge, MA]
23
August 2012
By
Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: Rumor rampage ones again stole away the sleep of Muslims in Hyderabad. Yesterday
night when a rumor of girl born with ‘four hands and four legs’ and an
illogical prediction made by her spread like a wild a fire in old city.
According to the rumors a baby girl in Shaheen nagar area in the suburb of the
city was born with pecuniary [sic --
bc] features, started speaking and gave a warning that every child from 1 to 11
years of age will die if he or she slept before 2:a.m in the night. [...]
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article3815185.ece
The
Hindu [India]
24
August 2012
Asif
Yar Khan
Panic
prevailed in parts of the old city on Wednesday night after a rumour of possible
death of children if they sleep in night started making rounds. Anxious parents
woke up their children and rushed out of their houses to prevent them from
sleeping. [...]
Carried
away by the rumours a large crowd gathered near the St. Ann’s hospital, popularly known as
‘Gudi-ka-dawakhana’ in Jahanuma, after rumours of the girl who predicted it
being admitted here. Driven by curiosity, hundreds of people gathered here
leading to tension in the area. The handful of policemen who reached here faced
tough time dispersing the public.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/divine-baby-talk-makes-parents-keep-kids-awake-839
Deccan
Chronicle [India]
24
August 2012
By
Mohammed Shareef M.P.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/August/international_August813.xml§ion=international&col=
Khaleej
Times
25
August 2012
P S Jayaram
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/infants-talk-triggers-coconut-smashing-ritual/285303-60-118.html
IBN
Live [India]
27
August 2012
S Kaththasami | ENS
Rumours
about a bad omen befalling new born babies prompted several parents to break
coconuts at different places in the knit city of Tirupur on Friday hoping to ward off evil.
[...]
