Cops secure Dalit couple's wedding amid row over ‘upper-caste baraat route'
The bride, Arti Kumari, 19, was to marry Vikas Singh, 21, of Hathras on Saurday night when the dispute began. Etah SSP Shyam Narayan Singh led a sizeable force to the village, and the wedding was eventually conducted peacefully under tight security.
Dev Charan Singh, the groom's uncle, said, "We reached the entrance of the village to start the wedding procession. There were two routes: one short, and one longer through the village.
The bride's family wanted the longer route, as the Thakur community uses that path for their weddings."
As the groom's party tried to take the longer route, an argument broke out, followed by stone-pelting between members of the two communities. Police constable Sunil Kumar was injured in the incident. Satpal, the bride's brother, added that tradition guided their choice of route. "There was some disruption initially, but the wedding was eventually conducted without further issues and the bride was sent off peacefully.
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Police filed an FIR against 16 named and 40–50 unnamed people under sections 191(2) (rioting), 191(3) (rioting with deadly weapons), 190 (unlawful assembly), and 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the BNS.
SSP Singh said the dispute was "over the choice of procession route." He added, "Eventually, after discussions, the procession continued on the designated path with agreement from the Thakur community. The situation is peaceful, and police remain deployed as a precaution. The village collectively supported the event, especially since the bride's father is deceased."
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