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Dalit groom's house attacked in MP after riding a horse in marriage procession

  •   Tue, Jan 25 2022 05:51:43 PM

Bhopal, Jan 25 (IANS): The house of a Dalit bridegroom was attacked and abuses hurled at his family members allegedly by a group of upper caste people in Madhya Pradesh late on Sunday, the police said.

The incident occurred in a village in Sagar district where a groom going in a wedding procession took a round of his village on horseback, which did not go down well with some people belonging to the upper caste and they pelted stones at the groom's house.

Police said that it was the first time that a Dalit groom rode a horse in Ganiyari, a village dominated by upper caste Lodhi Thakur community. The groom's family was aware that a Dalit bridegroom riding a horse may not be tolerated by the upper caste people in the village and therefore, the bridegroom had asked the police to provide security during the procession.

The groom rode on the horse in the presence of the police in daytime. After a few hours when the bridegroom left for the bride's home in Katni district, some members of the Lodhi Thakur community allegedly attacked his home by pelting stones. They also allegedly assaulted family members, police said.

Police said an FIR has been registered at Bunda police station and six people have been arrested. The FIR names eight people and lists 15 others unnamed. "Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident," Town inspector, Bunda police station, Manas Dwivedi, said.

However, the police also claimed that a clash broke out between two families over electric wires. "A few members of the Thakur community objected to the crossing of wires from their area and attacked Dilip Ahirwar's home in an inebriated state," Inspector Dwivedi added.

Devendra Ahirwar, the groom's father, told the police that members of the upper caste community threatened that no other man from the Ahirwar community will ride a horse again.

On Tuesday, state home minister Narottam Mishra told the press that he has directed the Sagar district police to investigate the matter and take strict action against those guilty of pelting stones at the groom's house.

 
  

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    Is our president Ramanath Kovind who is a Dalit has anything to say in defence of his own community????…….Why the upper class Hindus not saying anything to him as it’s an insult to them a Dalit is head of the country ruling over them????…….

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  • sushil, mangalore

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    This is the agenda of the minority upper-caste and RSS affiliates , ruling the country to keep the majority Dalits and backward class under their Fist and deny them their well deserved social status, Higher education and economic independence. This is why they are against Christians providing education and equality and respect to Dalits and backward class.For this situation we have to to hold some of the dalit and backward class leaders responsible as they do not fight for their communities exploitation by the Minority Upper-class , because they have been well fed by the Ruling class. The day all all Dalits and backward class communities are well educated in english medium and become economically self reliant this conversion bogey and social injustice will end and India will be Peaceful and great,

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  • Ramamurthy Rao, dubai

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    dalits are trapped. If they don't convert to other religions they will be remain as lowest of low caste of Hinduism, if they convert they are termed as traitors and anti national.

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  • mohan prabhu, Mangalore/Canada

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    Indeed they are trapped. But do not think there is no caste hierarchy/discrimination in Christianity though officially there is none.

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  • John, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    The most backward mindset in the entire world

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  • mohan prabhu, Mangalore/Canada

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    Caste hegemony is so insidious it doesn't matter if a Dalit is a high official or a rich man. To the upper caste, dalit is a dalit is a dalit, no matter how high ranking he is! What a morally bankrupt community! Caste Atrocities Act should be lodged against the stone pelters.

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  • Moshu, Mangaluru

    Tue, Jan 25 2022

    The most disturbed pracitice in the community ever exit on this planet. They won't let their brothers to live peacefully as hindu nor they letting them to convert to other religion.

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