‘Like losing a child’: 85-year-old woman breaks down after peepal tree she nurtured for decades is cut

An 85-year-old woman in Chhattisgarh wept inconsolably after a peepal tree she nurtured for two decades was felled for financial gain. The tree, worshipped by villagers, was cut down by two individuals who confessed to wanting to level government land. Police have arrested the accused and are searching for the disposed cutting machine.