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Dalit killed for offering prasad in a Bihar temple

Tension prevails in Garai village of Nalanda district after a Dalit was killed in a clash with upper castes on Dussehra night over making an offering to Goddess Durga. Three Dalits were also injured in the violence.

The trouble started when members of the Dalit community reportedly asked the temple priest to let them be the first to offer prasad to the goddess. The upper castes, <b>who had been waiting in the queue for some time</b>, opposed it.

“We have contributed equal amount for the puja. Why should they (upper castes) be given priority,” Karu Paswan, a Dalit, reportedly asked the priest.

This led to an exchange of words between Paswan and the priest. The upper castes intervened, triggering a clash. Ratan Singh, an upper caste, allegedly opened fire, injuring three persons, including Karu Paswan.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/St...+a+Bihar+temple
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But Jagran reports the other side of the story too:

गांव के देवी स्थान के पास दलित युवक के हत्या के आरोपी के पक्ष में दर्जनों ग्रामीणों ने लोजपा के केन्द्रीय टीम का रास्ता रोककर बताया कि घटना को बेवजह तूल दिया जा रहा है। मेला के दौरान पासवान जाति के कुछ असामाजिक तत्व के लोग दुर्गापूजा के मेले में उत्पात मचा रहे थे जिसका विरोध किया गया तो वे लोग हरवे-हथियार के साथ मेला में फायरिंग करने लगे। इसी दौरान अफरा-तफरी मच गयी और पासवान जाति के असामाजिक तत्व के लोगों ने ही कारु पासवान को गोली मार दी। रास्ता रोके ग्रामीणों ने टीम को बताया कि एक साजिश के तहत निर्दोष लोगों को फंसाया जा रहा है। http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/biha..._4911956_1.html

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Meanwhile, tussle between a harijan and upper caste groups of a neighbouring village about a pratima of viShNu that was unearthed. First group found it, and the second group claims the land where it was found is theirs. in the end police has confiscated the pratima.

http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/bi...40430.html