Police authorities in the northwestern Leningrad region interfered with a live burial ritual held in the woods, forcing organizers to exhume individuals who had actually been buried alive, state media reported Thursday.Officers found 2 individuals covered in rags and buried in graves throughout an evaluation, a source told the state-run TASS news company.
Law enforcement officials demanded the organizers dig up those buried alive and examine to ensure they remained in great health.A video published by TASS showed policeman coming to a camping site and purchasing a person in bluerobesto discover at least 2 people, who seemed fully covered in cloth and lying in a shallow pit.According to the news firm, 15 people took part in the ritual, throughout which a person issymbolically buried aliveas part of a spiritual or psychological change practice.
Participants are typically covered with soil while depending on a shallow tomb to imitate burial.The organizers of the live burial, a man and a lady, were later on jailed, TASS reported, adding that the set could deal with charges of running a company that infringes on the rights of people.
That charge carries an optimal sentence of 7 years in prison.