SC women prevented from offering milk at shrine

KENDRAPARA: Several Scheduled Caste women staged a dharna at a temple in Garajanga village under Marsaghai

The women accused the temple priests and some people from upper caste of preventing them from offering milk to the deity at Siddheswari Ramachandi temple in the village. The protesters said when they objected to the discrimination, the priests and people from upper caste allegedly hurled casteist abuses at them.

Following the incident, the women lodged a complaint at Marshaghai police station. Marsaghai IIC, Purnachandra Pattayat said, “The issue would be sorted out soon by the administration after discussions with both the parties . We have been closely monitoring the situation. Police have been deployed in the village to avoid any untoward incident. Everything is under control as of now”.