Koppal: Close on the heel of the Dalit Family Sentenced to Rs 25,000 of their two-year-old son entered the temple in Kustagi, a man Dalit was forced to arrange party shopping Rs 11,000 to enter the Temple of Lakshmi Devi in ​​a Karathi village about 11 days ago, an officer said police.
“Yes, it is true that the man spent 11,000 Rs to arrange a party to enter the temple.
Our officers are investigating this problem,” said the T Sredhara police supervisor to PTI on Saturday.
According to him, the incident was revealed only on Friday and since then the management of the temple led by the priest raised the alarm and forced the man to arrange the party.
Sreedhara said a few months ago, theft had occurred in the village and was decided that no one had to enter the temple except the priest.
However, the Dalit man, whose identity had been detained, entered when he had vowed to do some rituals.
On September 14, he entered the temple that ignored the collective decisions taken by the village elders.
Other police sources say eight people have been detained in this relationship.
The incident was a sharp reminder of the September 4 incident when the Dalit family belonged to the Basic Chenna community was harassed and asked to pay Rs 25,000 as a penalty after their two-year-old son entered the temple in Miyapur Village below the Kushatagi police station.
in Koppal.
Five people were arrested in connection with the incident and several conscious meetings were held to educate the masses of caste-based discrimination crimes.