Express News Service
UMERKOTE: In a weird incident, a 70-year-old man, who transformed to Christianity 5 years again, was awaiting cremation 24 hours after his demise in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district as a result of no neighborhood would allegedly give area for funeral.
The incident was reported from Gulibodon village in Jharigaon block. Source mentioned, Jitru Bhatra died on Friday morning and shortly an issue erupted over his funeral. While the Hindu neighborhood refused area in its cremation grounds, the Christians additionally did the identical as his identify was not registered with the church.
The villagers had urged Jitru to re-convert to Hinduism however the latter didn’t relent. He was from the only Christian household within the village. The village doesn’t have a Christian cemetery and locals didn’t permit area for funeral in cremation floor of Hindu neighborhood.Till the report was filed, the stalemate continued and the physique was shifted to Umerkote neighborhood well being centre (CHC) morgue.
The locals requested the native administration to shift the 70-year-old’s physique elsewhere for cremation. When knowledgeable, Jharigaon tehsildar Chinmaya Sagar and Umerkote IIC Deepak Kumar Jena rushed to the village and held discussions with the locals who remained adamant on their demand.
Finding no different different, the administration allotted a website close to Gulibodona for Jitru’s funeral however the answer led to extra issues as together with tons of of residents of Gulibodona, these from neighbouring Niropodor and Gobri villages rushed to the location and prevented the burial. Left in a spot, the native officers shifted Jitru’s physique to the morgue on Saturday night.
As Jitru had not registered his identify with the JELC Church at Umerkote, his physique was additionally not allowed to be buried on the Christian graveyard right here. Sagar mentioned a choice on the location the place Jitru’s physique shall be cremated will likely be taken on Sunday.
Nabarangpur further district Justice of the Peace (ADM) Bhaskar Raito mentioned one other place for will likely be allotted on Sunday for burial. Senior officers will attain stay current to handle the scenario, he added.This just isn’t the primary such incident reported from the district. Last month, members of the family of a 32-year-old lady blocked State Highway-39 after they had been denied her burial on the native cemetery.
The deceased Pushpanjali Bagh, a resident of Dongri road in Nabarangpur city, had not too long ago transformed to Christianity and didn’t have her identify registered within the JELC church.Family members alleged that the native Christians don’t permit the burial of those that didn’t register themselves on the church.
Nabarangpur Christians Minority secretary Gourab Kaunri knowledgeable that there was no cemetery for transformed Christians.
UMERKOTE: In a weird incident, a 70-year-old man, who transformed to Christianity 5 years again, was awaiting cremation 24 hours after his demise in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district as a result of no neighborhood would allegedly give area for funeral.
The incident was reported from Gulibodon village in Jharigaon block. Source mentioned, Jitru Bhatra died on Friday morning and shortly an issue erupted over his funeral. While the Hindu neighborhood refused area in its cremation grounds, the Christians additionally did the identical as his identify was not registered with the church.
The villagers had urged Jitru to re-convert to Hinduism however the latter didn’t relent. He was from the only Christian household within the village. The village doesn’t have a Christian cemetery and locals didn’t permit area for funeral in cremation floor of Hindu neighborhood.Till the report was filed, the stalemate continued and the physique was shifted to Umerkote neighborhood well being centre (CHC) morgue.
The locals requested the native administration to shift the 70-year-old’s physique elsewhere for cremation. When knowledgeable, Jharigaon tehsildar Chinmaya Sagar and Umerkote IIC Deepak Kumar Jena rushed to the village and held discussions with the locals who remained adamant on their demand.
Finding no different different, the administration allotted a website close to Gulibodona for Jitru’s funeral however the answer led to extra issues as together with tons of of residents of Gulibodona, these from neighbouring Niropodor and Gobri villages rushed to the location and prevented the burial. Left in a spot, the native officers shifted Jitru’s physique to the morgue on Saturday night.
As Jitru had not registered his identify with the JELC Church at Umerkote, his physique was additionally not allowed to be buried on the Christian graveyard right here. Sagar mentioned a choice on the location the place Jitru’s physique shall be cremated will likely be taken on Sunday.
Nabarangpur further district Justice of the Peace (ADM) Bhaskar Raito mentioned one other place for will likely be allotted on Sunday for burial. Senior officers will attain stay current to handle the scenario, he added.This just isn’t the primary such incident reported from the district. Last month, members of the family of a 32-year-old lady blocked State Highway-39 after they had been denied her burial on the native cemetery.
The deceased Pushpanjali Bagh, a resident of Dongri road in Nabarangpur city, had not too long ago transformed to Christianity and didn’t have her identify registered within the JELC church.Family members alleged that the native Christians don’t permit the burial of those that didn’t register themselves on the church.
Nabarangpur Christians Minority secretary Gourab Kaunri knowledgeable that there was no cemetery for transformed Christians.