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Shajapur (Madhya Pradesh): A group of people belonging to the upper caste clashed with Dalits over music in a wedding procession in Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur district following which cross-complaints were filed, an official said on Saturday.
The police have registered a case against four from each side, the official added. Trouble began when the marriage party of a Dalit man Anil Chandra was passing through Bhandedi village, about 30 km from the district headquarters, on Friday the official said.
A few upper caste people obstructed the wedding procession and demanded that the DJ music be stopped, Moman Barodia police station in-charge Bharat Singh Kirar said.
An altercation took place following which the members of the upper caste pelted stones at the ‘baraat’ (wedding party), injuring one Dharmendra, Kirar said. The Dalits retaliated by throwing stones at the upper caste group, he said.
‘On the complaint of Dharmendra, we have booked Manohar Singh, Shaktipal Singh, Balram and another person under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,’ he said. The other side also filed a complaint following which a case was registered against Dharmendra, Dilip, Devilal and Govind, the police official said.
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