As authorities fail take action and provide proper treatment, people gathered at their house at Tala Upazila to perform exorcisms. Doctors think the illness was caused by a sudden mental shock, said Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Farid said. But Rahmat and his wife were refusing to send their sons, daughters and grandchildren to a hospital, he said. But none of them could convince the family members come with then to the hospital. The others in the family - her sons, daughters and grandchildren - soon began acting abnormally, said Bibi.

Source: bd News24 March 10, 2017 11:20 UTC