Chitradurga: Tension prevailed in the district on Saturday yadalkatte Tanda in Challakere Taluk, Chitradurga After refusing to bite a barber Dalits man’s hair.
The village witnessed a standoff between the aggrieved members of the Dalit community and the barber.
Chitradurga Deputy Commissioner as soon as the incident was reported Kavita S Mannikerik Directed Challakere Tehsildar No. Raghumurthy To visit Yadalkatte and take stock of the situation on the ground and find out the cause of the unrest.
Raghumurthy, who accompanied police personnel on Yadalkatte’s visit, met the barber, who was told that he could not refuse a haircut to a member of the Dalit community as it amounted to discrimination, and was a violation of the Constitution. .
The visiting officials called upon the people to live in harmony with each other and treat each other as members of a family.
The barber, Srinivas, convinced of the mistake of his ways, agreed to cut the Dalit’s hair. He further agreed not to refuse haircut to any downtrodden person.
The village witnessed a standoff between the aggrieved members of the Dalit community and the barber.
Chitradurga Deputy Commissioner as soon as the incident was reported Kavita S Mannikerik Directed Challakere Tehsildar No. Raghumurthy To visit Yadalkatte and take stock of the situation on the ground and find out the cause of the unrest.
Raghumurthy, who accompanied police personnel on Yadalkatte’s visit, met the barber, who was told that he could not refuse a haircut to a member of the Dalit community as it amounted to discrimination, and was a violation of the Constitution. .
The visiting officials called upon the people to live in harmony with each other and treat each other as members of a family.
The barber, Srinivas, convinced of the mistake of his ways, agreed to cut the Dalit’s hair. He further agreed not to refuse haircut to any downtrodden person.