The police said that the “cremation charges” imposed by the temple authorities on the Adi Karnataka community was ₹3,000.
The police on Monday helped a family belonging to a scheduled caste (SC) community get the money back, which they were forced to pay to the temple authorities in Chikkaballapura district for cremating one of their members.
This comes a day after videos of a SC woman’s cremation allegedly being halted in Gauribidanur because her family had allegedly failed to fulfil a temple “donation requirement”, went viral.
According to the police, the deceased, Hanumakka (55), who belongs to the Adi Karnataka community, passed away on Saturday night in the 26th ward of Gotakanapur in Gauribudanur taluk. Following this, the temple authorities insisted the family to pay ₹25,000 to the Satyamma deity temple in Gotakanapura before permitting the cremation to proceed.
The police said that the “cremation charges” imposed by the temple authorities on the Adi Karnataka community was ₹3,000. However, this deceased’s family was being asked for ₹25,000 as they had failed to return the amount, which was part of a chit fund, to the priest.
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