Madhya Pradesh Crematorium turns casteist after upper caste people forbid funeral of Dalit woman in Agar

Indore | Friday | 6th August, 2021

Summary:

According to the deceased son Gokul Singh Bhil said that his mother Gangabai the wife of Kanwarla Bhil died on Wednesday afternoon. We decided to cremate the body at an old crematorium. When we reached the crematorium people belonging to the upper caste barred our entry into the crematorium saying that this crematorium is reserved only for the upper caste and people belonging to the lower caste not allowed inside the crematorium." Gokul said that he along with other members requested them to allow them to cremate the body here but to no avail. After hour-long efforts Gokul and others took the woman's body in a tractor-trolley to the crematorium in Modi village three kilometers away from the village and performed the last rites there..