Woman converted to religion dies, villagers refuse to bury her

Jagdalpur: A converted Christian woman died on Tuesday in Chhote Kadma village of Parpa police station area of Bastar district. He was being buried by his family members as per Christian rituals on Wednesday. As soon as the villagers came to know about this, they started protesting and refusing to bury him.

As soon as the police officers came to know about this, they reached the spot and started solving the matter. After hours of hard work, the family members of the deceased were asked to return to their original religion and perform the last rites as per Hindu customs. Tight police security arrangements have been made at the spot. Let it be known that the family members of the deceased had converted to Christianity 7 years ago. After the death of a Christian woman in small Kadma village of Tokapal block of Bastar, the controversy regarding shroud and burial deepened. The number of people following Christianity is less in the village, so as soon as a dispute arose after the woman’s death, people called the police to the village for help.

Sarpanch representative Mahadev Kashyap said that the police reached the spot in the morning, organized a meeting of people from both the parties and started trying to find a solution to the matter. Meanwhile, the woman’s body remained lying on the platform of her house. Police and revenue officials came to the spot and efforts were being made to resolve the problem quickly. People explained to the family of the deceased for hours, after which the family members of the deceased on Wednesday said that along with returning to their religion, the body will be cremated as per Hindu customs, while in view of the situation, strict police security arrangements were made. Has been.