ANI | | Posted by Yamini C S
In a stunning incident mother and father pushed their 21-year-old daughter into the Devadasi system within the Koppala district of Karnataka, police mentioned.
On Friday, the police mentioned they’ve arrested the mother and father Yamanurappa Mundhalamani, Huligevva Mundhalamani, and two others Mookavva Harijan, and Hanumappa Harijan.
The incident passed off at Chilawadagi village in Might this yr.
As per the FIR, seven months in the past the younger lady was compelled to develop into a Devadasi within the Huligemma temple attributable to her sickness.
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On the preliminary stage, she went to the Munirabad police station and complained.
Koppal SP Arunangshu Giri confirmed, “A case of the devadasi system has come to gentle {that a} younger lady has been compelled into the age-old apply and the mother and father of the younger lady have been arrested.”
Based on the police, the 21-year-old was repeatedly falling sick allegedly prompting her mother and father to contemplate it “a curse of God” main them to power her into the Devadasi system.
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The mother and father had taken their daughter to the Huligemma temple seven months again and compelled her into the devadasi apply which ensured that she devoted her life to the worship and repair of the deity of the temple for the remainder of her life.
The incident got here to gentle when villagers alerted the Ladies and Little one Welfare Growth Division and Social Welfare Division. Leaders of the Dalit group additionally introduced the matter to their consideration at a gathering.
District Planning Officer Purnima Yolabhavi, in-charge of the Devadasi Rehabilitation Mission, visited the village and the place the place the Devadasi incident occurred and checked whether or not the younger lady has been subjected to Devadasi apply or not.
A case has been filed in opposition to the household and additional investigation is underway.