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Kin refuse to perform last rites of a man having affair with Dalit woman
Wednesday, 16 June 2010 11:52
Tension shot up between people from "Dalit" and "Non-Dalit" community
in Palpa distict on Tuesday after members of a family refused to
cremate the body of one of their own kin for having an affair with a
Dalit woman.
The body of Narayan Bahadur Rana, 60, of Mujhung-8 was abandoned in
the streets as his brothers refused to perform last rites on him as
per the Hindu tradition. Rana had died on the way while returning home
after a treatment at the Palpa Mission Hospital on Tuesday morning.
His body was left in the road until late evening as his own family
members refused to claim the body.
The non-dalits in the locality have even warned Rana's son that they
would socially ostracize him if he performs last rites on his father's
body.
Later a team of police had to reach the village lying 24 kilometers
away from district headquarters Tansen to mediate in the dispute
between the local Magar and Dalit community.
Narayan Bahadur Rana was engaged in a extra-marital love affair with a
local Dalit woman some 20 years ago. However, the brief love affair
fell as a curse upon him as people from his own Magar community and
other non-Dalits ostracized him for having liaison with a woman from
Dalit community.
Rana had been refused entry in his own house by his family members
after the incident so that he had been living separately since.
nepalnews.com
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