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Ranchi: At least five people, including three women, were injured in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, when a marriage "mandap" turned into a battleground over the serving of food.
Police said the clash happened between two groups of people belonging to the bride's relatives.The incident happened at Muri Tungri village under the Silli police outpost, some 60km away from here. Police on Sunday said they had made a site visit on Saturday, took the injured persons to a private hospital and started a probe into the incident, but no FIR has been filed so far. They also said those injured are recuperating in the hospital. According to the preliminary findings of the police, guests at the marriage function clashed over the serving of food.The officer-in-charge of the outpost, Kundan Kumar, said, "The groom and his relatives had arrived at the bride's house from Phusro in Bermo sub-division of Bokaro district at about midnight, and the marriage ritual started normally. The bride's uncle and his friends, who had come from Ramgarh for the function, however, clashed with local guests over the serving of food."He said two groups of people belonging to the bride's side started attacking each other with sticks, belts, and some of them indulged in fisticuffs. Kumar also informed that the bridegroom's party stood at a safe distance and merely became spectators of the situation.When he visited the village on Saturday night to inquire about the incident, Kumar said no one was able to tell him clearly about what exactly started the clash, but they merely remembered something about disagreements over the serving."No one has lodged any complaint in this regard, and there are attempts to end the dispute through negotiations," Kumar said.After the violence ended, the marriage ceremony resumed, and the rituals were performed under a tense atmosphere, the police officer added.
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