TANK ‘PURIFIED’ AFTER DALIT WOMAN DRINKS WATER FROM IT

MYSURU: A few upper caste villagers in Chamarajanagar district drained out drinking water from a public storage tank and “purified” it with cow urine after a Dalit woman drank water from it, officials said.

The dalit woman from another place came to Heggatora village on Saturday and drank water from the tank set up in an upper-caste locality. Then the Lingayats purified the tanks with cow urine.

Soon after the incident went viral on social media, the tehsildar and social welfare department officials rushed to spot and conducted an enquiry.

“On Friday, there was a wedding in the Dalit community at the village. The woman came from HD Kote to attend the wedding. She drank water from the public tank and hurriedly got into the bus. Soon after, the villagers abused her and decided to purify the tank,” a villager said.

The revenue inspector and village accountant conducted a spot inspection and confirmed the incident. The officials submitted a report to the tehsildar.