A Bajoran vedek on Deep Space 9 who is killed in 2372 for refusing to leave the clergy when the revived D'jarra caste system declares his family's hereditary calling unclean.
Vedek Imutta is a Bajoran monk whose death is a turning point in the fourth-season Deep Space Nine episode Accession. The poet Akorem Laan, newly acknowledged as Emissary, has asked Bajorans to return to the D'jarras, the castes abandoned during the Occupation.
Imutta's family belongs to a D'jarra traditionally charged with preparing the dead for burial, which ranks low and is thought unfit for the priesthood. He declines to step down. Vedek Porta, a fervent supporter of Akorem, confronts him on the Promenade and throws him from the upper level.
The murder shows Sisko what the caste system will cost Bajor, including its application to join the Federation, and moves him to reclaim the role of Emissary.