Dalit groom’s wedding procession taken out in Bundi amid tight security

KOTA: The wedding procession of a Dalit groom was taken out amid tight police security in Sangawada village of Bundi district on Tuesday.

There were apprehensions that upper caste people of the village may protest against the wedding procession.

The Dalit groom, Parshuram Meghwal (25), of Sangawada village, who is posted as a Grade 3 government school teacher in Jawra village of Bundi district, was t o get married i n Anta region of Baran district on Tuesday, for which a pre-wedding procession (Bindori) was to be carried on February 3.

Bundi’s additional district magistrate Rajesh Joshi said, “Parshuram had given application to the district collector and SP of Bundi seeking police security for taking out his Bindori.”

T h e r e wa s f e a r a mo n g groom’s family of protest from the upper caste villagers so police security was provided to his wedding procession, he said.

Along with administrative officials, including tehsildar and patwari, police administration of Bundi provided 80 policemen of Bundi police lines, along with police force from four police stations of Bundi district including Bundi sadar police station, Lakheri police station, Hindoli poli c e s t at i on and Dablana police station.

Amid heavy police deployment, Parshuram’s wedding procession, which included a disc jockey, was carried out in the afternoon . The wedding procession also stopped at a temple on the way for blessings and the procession concluded within 2 hours.

Joshi said the wedding procession passed off peacefully without any untoward incident.