The Balikuda police registered a case on Tuesday against two priests of a local temple who had allegedly passed casteist remarks against a Dalit girl.
The incident occurred in Badagaon village under Balikuda police limits. A pharmacy student who is a Dalit had gone to the Shankreswar temple for offering milk and Bhog on the New Year day. The priest assigned with the temple objected to her offering of Bhog and milk on Shiva linga as she comes from a Dalit family. Even the priests instructed the victim girl to step down from the temple sanctum.
The girl narrated her plight and misbehavior by the priests to the village committee. The committee held two meetings, but was unable to decide.
later, victim’s father Basanta Sethy lodged a FIR with Balikuda police station against priests Narahari Panda and Prahalad Panda. Meanwhile, Dalit Bikash Parishad district president Shankar Das demanded a probe into the matter.