Karnataka: Dalit man in Dy.CM's constituency faces boycott, fine from villagers for entering temple
Koratagere: A dalit man along with his wife, son and daughter was boycotted from a village in Koratagere Taluk (sub-division), for entering Doddamma temple of Mallekavu village in the Taluk on May 20. The temple authorities have also slapped the dalit man with a fine of Rs 25,000 for cleansing the temple which they alleged was polluted by his entry.
The victim dalit man has been identified as Jagadish who has also filed a complaint with Koratagere Police against the temple authorities but no action has been taken against them as Jagadish continues to face the ruling of ban on entering the village.
Congress block president Somanna was also reportedly present in the meeting held by the villagers who decided to slap the fine and boycott on Jagadish. Interestingly, the constituency is represented by Congress senior leader and Karnataka Deputy CM Dr. G Parameshwara. The presence of Somanna who belongs to same party as DCM has called for a lot of flak in the political circles.
According to the report, Jagadish entered the temple on May 20, when the village was celebrating a fair which also had a grand procession and puja at the temple. When the villagers noticed Jagadish entering the temple with his family, they stopped him and hurled abuses at him followed by imposing the boycott and fine.
Speaking to media, Jagadish also added that he faces threat to his life as the villagers have threatened him of killing him and his family if he tries to enter the village.
The involvement of Congressman in insulting a Dalit in the constituency represented by Dy.CM and senior Congress leader has become talk of the town and has called for severe criticism.
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
