There was a lot of uproar and stone pelting when a Dalit's marriage procession was stopped in Etah. There was chaos here after the stone pelting. A constable was injured in this. The marriage procession came to village Dhakpura of Awagarh police station area on the night of 21 June. SSP and SDM also reached the spot.
People created a ruckus in village Dhakpura alleging that a Dalit’s marriage procession was stopped in Etah. A constable was seriously injured in this, who has been referred to Agra from PHC. In this case, the police have registered a report against 50 unknown people including 15 named ones.
Village resident Late Prem Babu’s daughter Aarti’s marriage was fixed with Vikas Kumar, resident of Rudayan of Hathras district. The marriage procession came on the night of 21 June. It is alleged that the people of Kshatriya community stopped the marriage procession from going on a road. There was an uproar over this.
On getting the information, Awagarh police station reached and seeing the ruckus, police from nearby police stations were also called. Police was explaining to the people of both the sides and consensus was also being made. Meanwhile, some people again created ruckus and pelted stones.
Constable injured
A stone hit the head of a constable posted in Sakrauli police station, due to which he was bleeding. He was brought to PHC Awagarh. From here he was referred to Agra. After this, SSP Shyam Narayan Singh, ASP Rajkumar Singh, SDM Jaleshwar Bhavana Vimal, CO Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Tehsildar Neeraj Varshney reached the spot. People of both the sides were explained and after getting the baraat to pass, all the rituals of marriage were also performed in their presence.
An application was already given to DIG
Some pre-planned things are also coming to the fore regarding the matter. A woman had already given an application to DIG. It was written in it that people of Thakur community will not allow the baraat of a youth of SC community to go out.
People from all communities had helped in the marriage. The girl’s father had passed away earlier and the financial condition of the family is also not very good. According to the villagers, people from all communities had helped in this marriage. Then why did the ruckus happen, questions are also being raised on this.
BSP officials made allegations
The BSP delegation reached the village on Sunday. They took information about the whole matter from the people of the Dalit community. Aligarh division in-charge Raju Ramratan alleged that people from the other side threw stones from the roofs. Due to this a policeman got injured but the police took action against the people of the Dalit community. Many people were beaten, people were dragged out of their homes and taken to the police station. People from the Dalit community reached the police station on Sunday and gave a complaint, which was not taken. BSP district president Dharmendra Soni, district in-charge Vijay Singh, Rajiv Singh, Niranjan Singh, Rajesh Diwakar were part of the delegation.
As soon as the stone pelting started, the baraatis ran away to save their lives. There was a stampede among the baraatis after the stone pelting and uproar over stopping the procession from Rudayal to village Dhakpura in Etah. The baraatis ran away from there at night and returned to the village through the fields. On hearing about the fight in the baraat in the village, the women of the groom’s side started crying. The groom’s mother fell ill on Saturday night itself, she has been admitted to the hospital. On Sunday morning, the groom’s sister-in-law also fell ill. The marriage of Nahar Singh’s son Vikas, a resident of village Rudayal, was fixed in the said village of Etah, the baraat went on Saturday evening. After the welcome and breakfast, preparations were going on for the procession to go in the night. The baraatis told that at that time some people stopped the ritual of baraat from being performed. Due to this, there was an altercation and a fight from both sides. The baraatis ran away from there and saved their lives. They reached their village hiding in the fields. When they reached the village and told the whole story, the groom’s mother fell ill. The bride was sent off at around 12 o’clock at night with five baraatis. The groom’s father says that other post-wedding functions are also to be held in the same village, so he is worried. He has informed the police about his dilemma and has asked for help.
There are two routes in the village, the baraatis insisted on going through the other route. The baraat was moved forward from there in the presence of the police. Meanwhile, a voice was heard. A constable has been injured. All the marriage rituals were performed peacefully under the protection of the police-administration. The condition of the injured constable is out of danger.
– Shyam Narayan Singh, SSP
Published by: Shahrukh Khan
Courtesy : Hindi News