April 23rd, 2009 – 4:19 pm ICT by IANS

By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 23 (IANS) Dasharath Sawant, a 55-year-old soothsayer from India’s Maharashtra state, had hoped to visit the famed Pashupatinath shrine in Kathmandu with seven members of his family.

On the way, the group had also planned to do a bit of business, predicting fortunes and selling auspicious stones and herbal remedies.

Instead, he, his four sons and three other relatives came within an ace of being beaten to death by a mob at the Lahan market in south Nepal’s Siraha district where they had halted Tuesday night.

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