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Murga (also spelled Murgha) is a stress position used as a corporal punishment mainly in parts of the Indian subcontinent (specifically Northern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) where the punished person must squat, loop their arms behind their knees and hold their earlobes.[1][2]
It is used primarily in educational institutions, and occasionally by the police as a summary, informal punishment for petty crime.[3] The punishment is usually administered in public view, the purpose being to halt the offence by inflicting pain, deter recurrence of the offence by shaming the offender and providing a salutary example to others.
The word murga means rooster in Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali.[2]
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- ↑ Madan Mohan Jha (1 September 2010). From Special To Inclusive Education In India: Case Studies Of Three Schools In Delhi. Pearson Education India. p. 51. ISBN 978-81-317-3217-5. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rai, Pramod Kumar (15 August 2020). TUNTUN - Pursuits of education in the dowry land. OrangeBooks Publication.
- ↑ Srivastava, Arunima (June 29, 2006). "Public prosecution: Crime and instant punishment!". The Times of India.