Dalit man riding horse on his wedding draws Thakur ire
Kautilya Singh Posted: Jun 03, 2010 at 0122 hrs
Kanpur A Dalit man mounting a horse for his wedding raised the hackles
of Thakurs in the Pachkura Mahaan village in Hamirpur on Tuesday
night. In the violence that followed, three Dalit men sustained
serious head injuries, a dozen others escaped with minor wounds.
Naresh, Shankar and Munnu have been admitted in the district hospital.
A case has been lodged against five upper caste members — Shiv Singh,
Naval Singh, Raju Singh, Hari Mardhan Singh and Tillu Singh — of whom
Naval has been arrested. The rest are absconding.
Superintendent of Police, Hamirpur, VK Mishra, said: "On the complaint
made by the bride's father, Chote Lal Varma, we have registered a case
under Sections 323, 504, 506 of IPC and SC/ST Act against five
persons."
Varma's daughter Reshma was to be married to Brijesh, a resident of of
Laipura village, Banda.
The marriage procession started around 9.30 pm.
"As the groom tried to mount a horse, the Thakurs raised objection,"
Varma said. The inebriated Thakurs misbehaved with the groom and other
guests, he said. "When we requested the Thakurs to let the proceeding
pass off peacefully, they attacked us with rifle butts, lathis and
bricks. A group of 30 odd Thakurs led by Naval, Shiv, Raju, Hari
Mardhan and Tillu were involved."
The police from Sumerpur and few adjoining police stations rushed in
to bring the situation under control. The marriage was finally
solomnised late in the night in presence of the police team.
Station Officer, Sumerpur, Sharif Khan said: "Prima facie, it appears
the Thakurs were responsible for the violence. It appears that they
wanted to prove their supremacy over Dalits." But refusing to rule out
the possibility of an old rivalry, he said, "We are still
investigating the case, and it is too early to form an opinion."
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