Hindu Family Feud Turns Violent

July 29, 2002
Atlantic City, NJ

Two local families that live next door to each other started firing shots at each other with hunting rifles yesterday, before police broke up the standoff with tear gas canisters. It seems the dispute began over one of the families (followers of Hare Krishna guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami) using the other family's back yard as an outdoor toilet on several occasions.

Apparently the family that owns the property that was used in such a manner are members of a rival sect (followers of the Hare Krishna guru, Narayan Maharaj). When the wife of Narayan follower N. Das complained to the wife of Bhaktivedanta follower B. Das over this practice, she was told by the latter that because of her shudra caste, this was a practice authorized by Hindu scriptures and that she should consider it a special blessing.

Apparently N. Das drives a truck for a waste management company and B. Das works at a local casino as a blackjack dealer, which would make him of the mercantile caste, one notch above N. Das's laborer caste. A neighbor that lives across the street from the two families told reporters, 'That Das guy says he is in waste management, but we all know he really works for the mob. We often see suspicious characters coming and going in expensive cars and carrying violin cases with them. And believe me, they do not play for any orchestra I have ever heard of, if you catch my drift.' He then winked and smirked.