In the Rasulpur village of Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim mob pelted stones at a Dalit man’s wedding procession for playing DJ. Several people including women were injured during this incident on Monday (15th July). Later, CO Mawana arrived at the scene with a large contingent of police officers. A complaint has been filed by one Hariram Jatav against 12 people including men and women.
Meanwhile, Police personnel have been deployed in the village to maintain law and order. In his complaint, Jatav accused the Muslim mob of stone pelting and using casteist slurs against the Dalits. Taking action on Jatav’s complaint, the police registered an FIR and took three accused persons into custody.
The incident unfolded in Rasulpur village under Falavada Police Station precinct wherein the wedding of a Dalit man named Sachin was set to take place. On Sunday midnight, people from the Hindu Dalit and Muslim communities argued over playing DJ during the wedding rituals, and an altercation broke out. The locals had settled this dispute at night, however on Monday, while the wedding procession was leaving, the confrontation between the two factions resumed as Muslims pelted stones at Sachin Jatav’s “Baraat” continuously prompting individuals in the wedding procession to retaliate.
Speaking to IndiaTV, a victim named Neeraj said that Muslim youths were making videos of girls dancing during the wedding festivities on Sunday and also passed obscene comments on them, as the Dalit youths objected to this, the Muslim youths called several other people and launched an attack on Hindu Dalits. While this fight was somehow resolved, the Muslim mob started stone pelting on Monday (15th July) morning leaving several injured.
In the videos of the incident, bricks and stones were seen scattered across the village’s roads.
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CO Saurabh Singh and the police station in-charge Rajesh Kumar Kamboj arrived at the scene with a team of police officers. The cops sent the injured to the hospital for treatment and allowed the wedding procession to leave.
Speaking about the incident, Rural SP Kamlesh Bahadur stated that Hariram, Mangu’s son, filed a complaint at the police station against one and a half dozen named and eight unidentified people. They were accused of pelting stones and using casteist slurs to stop the DJ. Given the gravity of the situation, police have been deployed in the affected area. He added that the situation in the village is peaceful at present. The police station in-charge Rajesh Kamboj stated that a case has been registered in the matter and three named people have been taken into custody. Meanwhile, searches are being conducted to nab the rest of the accused.
