Conversion case in Bastar: Dispute over burial, villagers allowed last rites after return to original religion

Ashutosh Tiwari, Jagdalpur. The issue of religious conversion has once again come to the fore in Bastar. In Bakel village of Bastar block, a situation of dispute arose regarding the burial of a person who died in a converted family. Police and administrative staff have reached the spot and are trying to resolve the dispute.

It is being told that the deceased person was a preacher of a particular religion. The villagers were adamant on burying the deceased family only after they returned to their original religion. After a lot of controversy, the converted family agreed to return to their original religion. The converted family submitted a written statement of return to their original religion before the police and the villagers. After this, the priest, Naik, Paik and the villagers got them back as per the rituals of the original religion. After return to their original religion, the Gram Sabha gave permission for the last rites in the village.

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