Last rites of former soldier exposes practice of untouchability in Karnataka village

Officials of the territory medication held a bid committee gathering successful Chinnapur successful Bagalkot territory of Karnataka pursuing complaints of the signifier of untouchability successful the village.

A squad led by Tahsildar Amaresh Pammar, and including officials of the Social Welfare Department and the police, visited the village. They spoke with members of immoderate Savarna groups, and besides owners of hotels, shops and hairsbreadth cutting salons, and urged them not to signifier untouchability, which is prohibited by instrumentality and the Constitution.

Another gathering volition beryllium held connected March 2.

Complaints of untouchability arose aft each the shops and hotels remained closed connected the time of the cremation of Hanumanthappa Harijan, a erstwhile worker who belongs to the Holeya community, which is grouped nether Scheduled Castes.

Mr. Harijan, 55, who had served successful the Indian Army for implicit 22 years, had settled successful his autochthonal colony aft retirement. He died of a bosom onslaught connected February 24. His last rites were conducted connected February 25. Some service officers and ex-servicemen participated successful the event.

However, astir of the commercialized establishments successful the colony remained closed connected that day. Most of the attendees, including service personnel, faced a batch of inconvenience. They had to question to the adjacent municipality of Ilkal for breakfast. Some young members of the Dalit Sangharsh Samiti complained to the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau astir the issue. They sought a imperishable solution to the problem.