Dalit groom’s wedding procession taken out under police watch in Raj

THERE WAS FEAR AMONG GROOM’S FAMILY OF PROTEST FROM UPPER CASTE VILLAGERS, HENCE POLICE SECURITY

WAS PROVIDED TO THE WEDDING PROCESSION

KOTA: The wedding procession of a man belonging to the Dalit community was taken out amid tight police security in Sangawada village of Rajasthan’s Bundi district on Tuesday.

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

The groom, Parshuram Meghwal (25), of Sangawada village, who is posted as a Grade 3 government school teacher in Jawra village of Bundi district, was to get married in 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.”

There was fear among 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 police station 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. Meanwhile, the upper caste villagers alleged that there was no protest of the wedding procession and the groom’s family unnecessarily defamed the village.