BENGALURU, Feb. 23 -- A man has been arrested for allegedly forcing a newly married Dalit couple out of a temple in a village in Tumakuru district, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place at the Arasamma temple in Goni Tumakuru village in Turuvekere taluk, the home district of state home minister, G Parameshwara. The couple, identified as Pankaja and Puneeth, had gone to the temple after their wedding to seek blessings when they were confronted by a man identified as Narayanappa.

According to the police, Narayanappa allegedly pretended to be possessed by a deity and began shouting at the couple, preventing them from entering the temple. In a video of the incident, he is purportedly heard saying, "Dalits cannot enter the temple. Y...