Rajasthan Priest Burnt Alive; Attacked Over Land, He Said Before Dying

Friday, 9 October 2020Newsdesk

A priest in Rajasthan's Karauli district, round 177 km from state capital Jaipur, died due to burn injuries after he was attacked by a group of people over a land dispute. The priest had about thirteen bighas (around 5.2 acres) of land which belonged to the Radha Krishna temple trust in a village in the district. But the land was given to the head priest to till as a source of income.

New Delhi, 09 October 2020

As per news report of NDTV, lands like these, which belong to temple trusts, are generally given to caretaker priests for their use in return for the fact that they perform the pujas and carry out rituals in village temples. Such lands are called "Mandir Mafi " and are a source of income for priests who are caretakers of village temples in Rajasthan. But this land became the source of a dispute in Rajasthan's Karauli.

Source -NDTV