Dalits protest after sanitation workers not allowed to drink water from UP temple
The priest refused to allow them to take water from a hand-pump inside the temple and closed the door.
![It took the effort of over 200 locals over a span of two months to clean and restore the sanctity of this temple. (Photo: Pixabay) It took the effort of over 200 locals over a span of two months to clean and restore the sanctity of this temple. (Photo: Pixabay)](https://s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/images.asianage.com/images/aa-Cover-61adosl8re5ke4r3d6inm4ohu1-20190622112932.Medi.jpeg)
The workers were cleaning a drain outside the temple. (Photo: Representational)
Muzaffarnagar: Several Dalits staged a protest on Sunday after some sanitation workers were allegedly not allowed to drink water from a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said.
The workers were cleaning a drain outside the temple in Thana Bhawan town on Saturday. The priest refused to allow them to take water from a hand-pump inside the temple and closed the door, an officer said.
Several people belonging to the Valmiki caste staged a protest and demanded registration of an FIR against the priest. Police reached the spot and pacified the crowd by assuring an investigation, the officer said.
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