Robin Singh was pressured to get off the horse throughout his marriage ceremony procession
A Dalit groom was pressured off the horse and stones have been thrown at his marriage ceremony procession it was passing via a so-called upper-caste neighbourhood in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district final week.
Robin Singh, a police constable, was on his strategy to the bride’s dwelling on December 11 when a bunch of males seized the horse by the reins and compelled him down, the household has mentioned in its grievance. They threw stones and harassed the ladies in the marriage get together. The accused additionally broken the music system and a DJ was injured within the stone-pelting, in keeping with the grievance by the groom’s father Nandram Singh.
The grievance says that each one the attackers have been from Thakur and Rajput communities and that they made casteist remarks concentrating on the groom and the marriage get together or baraat. Police have registered an FIR and arrested 5 folks.
“On December 11, when my son rode the horse and handed via a Thakur neighbourhood, some folks pressured him off the horse, threw stones on the DJ system and stopped him from getting on the horse. We one way or the other managed to flee. They misbehaved with the ladies,” he instructed the media. Mr Singh mentioned he had known as police throughout the incident and a police group reached the spot shortly after. “We reached the marriage occasion at 11.30 pm. The subsequent day, I filed a police grievance. 5 folks have been arrested. I’m happy with the law enforcement officials’ motion,” he mentioned.
Rohit Mishra, police chief for Bulandshahr Rural, mentioned the altercation broke out over the excessive quantity of music performed throughout the marriage ceremony procession. “Somebody threw a stone and the music system was broken. This led to a battle. One aspect has filed a grievance and a case has been registered beneath related sections,” he mentioned. Requested in regards to the caste angle to the crime, the police officer mentioned, “We now have registered an FIR and an investigation is on. All these angles will likely be probed.”
In response to a report in The Occasions of India, Robin has mentioned a few of the attackers attended his engagement ceremony. “I recognised a couple of of them from my engagement. They misbehaved with girls within the procession, saying a Dalit baraat shouldn’t go via their space. In addition they thrashed the DJ and destroyed gear. We needed to return dwelling with the baraat and later glided by automotive to the bride’s home. All the joy of the marriage was ruined. All the pieces was deliberate, however it all went to waste because of this violence,” he mentioned.
The FIR has been filed beneath a number of sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, together with these associated to rioting and voluntarily inflicting harm. Expenses beneath the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have additionally been invoked.
Inputs by Sameer Ali