Kabaka: Muslim youth perform last rites of Hindu woman
Puttur, June 16: As the family members and locals did not come forward to perform the last rites of Bhavani (52), an unmarried of Vidyapura in Kabaka who died of heart attack on Saturday, a group of Muslim youth performed the last rites with all religious rituals. This humane act has got appreciation from all corners.
When Bhavani died of heart attack, her brother Krishna informed his relatives and local residents about the incident and appealed them to cooperate for the last rites. But none of his relatives and neighbours turned up to cremate the body. As a result, her brother Krishna had to keep the body at home till afternoon.
Noticing the news, Vidyapura residents Shoukath, Hamza, Nazeer, Riyaz, Farooq and others collected the money to be paid to the graveyard. When no family members and Hindu women came forward to wash the body of Bhavani, the process was completed with the help of Anganwadi worker Rajeshwari, Bhavani’s sister and locals Safiya and Zubaida. Later, the body was taken to the Puttur graveyard in ambulance by paying Rs 3500 and performed the last rites.
Speaking to Varthabharati, Farooq said that “We have considered any religious affiliation while performing the last rites. We Muslim youth conducted the last rites of a Hindu woman and it was not our motive to get publicity out of it. Such incidents should not happen in future. We see such incidents in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan in media. But it is unfortunate that such incident happened in our village. It is painful that those who supposed to do their work did not do that. Here we have many Hindu organizations which behave like they adopted the Hindus. But they did not turn up. Kabaka gram panchayat president who is backed by BJP did not visit the house and it is sad”, he said.
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Bidar: Dalits allegedly assaulted by upper-caste youngsters during Ambedkar Jayanti; Case registered
Bidar: Tensions flared in Khudavantpur village of Bhalki taluk after an alleged attack on Dalits by upper-caste youngsters during Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation.
According to reports, a procession was organised in the village on Tuesday to mark Ambedkar Jayanti. During the event, while participants were dancing near Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue, an upper-caste youth named Vikas allegedly threw a stone at the gathering. Police intervened immediately and managed to defuse the situation.
However, on Wednesday morning, in what appears to be a continuation of the earlier incident, a group of around ten upper-caste youngsters, including individuals identified as Akash and Datta, allegedly assaulted a Dalit man named Dattatreya. The attackers reportedly used casteist slurs before launching a brutal physical attack.
A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed at the Mehkar police station. Authorities have confirmed that an investigation is ongoing.
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