Saturday, October 25, 2014

Indian priest thrashes ‘untouchable’ boy, 8, who asked for sweets...

A Hindu priest attacked an eight-year-old boy from India's "untouchable" low caste and smashed his head into a stone pillar because he entered a temple to ask for sweets.

The boy, who was treated for serious head injuries, was playing outside the temple in Bangalore when he saw a priest distributing sweets as blessings and followed him into the temple to ask for one.

According to police, the priest became enraged when the boy followed him into the temple’s inner sanctum, where icons of its most revered deities are kept, and attacked him. He repeatedly smashed his head against a temple pillar, causing severe bleeding.

 The priest has now been arrested for the assault but a campaign group for Dalit rights said the attack highlighted continuing caste violence in India. Full story...

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