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A time aft a 58-year-old agriculturist from Gonitumakuru successful Turuvekere taluk of Tumakuru territory successful Karnataka was arrested connected the complaint of preventing a newly-wed Dalit mates from entering a temple connected February 19, the territory medication comprising constabulary and gross officials convened a bid gathering and escorted the newly-wed mates to execute puja.
A bid gathering was convened successful Goni colony of Turuvekere taluk pursuing alleged humiliation of a newly-wed Dalit mates who were asked to permission the Arasamma Devi temple.
The alleged incidental had taken spot connected February 19 astatine the Arasamma Devi temple. In response, a bid gathering was organised successful the colony connected February 24.
After the meeting, Superintendent of Police K.V. Ashok and Turuvekere Tahsildar M.N. Kunji Ahmed personally escorted the mates into the temple, holding their hands, and ensured they offered prayers.
Amid constabulary deployment, the Dalit mates entered the temple and had a darshan of the colony deity.
Addressing the gathering, the Tahsildar said that a authorities temple is simply a nationalist abstraction arsenic the Arasamma Devi temple comes nether the Muzrai Department, and it is unfastened to each devotees without discrimination.
He warned that strict enactment would beryllium taken if specified incidents recur successful the taluk. He advised villagers from each communities to support harmony and communal amity.
Officials said the concern successful the village, which had witnessed hostility pursuing the incident, is present nether power aft the bid meeting.
The accused, Narayanappa, was arrested nether the SC/ST Atrocity Act, and remanded to judicial custody.
Similar incident, antithetic place
On February 23, a Dalit pistillate was allegedly assaulted and abused wrong a temple successful Tumakuru territory by the clergyman to halt her from entering the premises.
The woman, Roja, is from Andrahalli connected Magadi Road successful Bengaluru. She has alleged that she was abused connected caste lines and assaulted wrong a temple successful Yediyur hobli.
Roja had travel to her autochthonal colony Thigalarapalya successful Yediyur hobli to be the Maramma Devi festival. On February 23 night, she visited the Venkataramana Moodalagiri temple on with her parent and sister.
In her ailment to Amruthur constabulary station, Roja alleged that erstwhile she entered the temple, the priest, Hanumayya, on with Jayalakshmamma, Srinivas and astir 16 others, objected to her presence, and asked her to leave.
She alleged that they abused her referring to her caste, saying she should not participate the temple. The accused allegedly picked her up by her hair, assaulted her, and pushed her retired of the temple premises.
Based connected the complaint, constabulary registered a lawsuit and arrested the temple priest. Further probe is underway.
Incidentally, some incidents occurred successful the constituency of Home Minister G. Parameshwara.
