The Hindu activists and villagers have alleged the church authorities had obtained the government plot illegally. The villagers claimed that the church had not only encroached the land but had renamed the hill as 'Mahima betta'.
Equal Opportunity Commissioner of WA John Byrne said the Christian groups most likely cannot complain if they were to be banished by the Aboriginal community. Byrne said the elders would succeed as the ground of religious conviction does not apply to places.