Just 8 days prior to the event, another Dalit groom named Dwarkalal took out a marriage procession in the same area which faced no issued and was carried out peacefully. Locals allege that Bhim Army goons had created a ruckus during the procession.
Activist Anil Biswal has lodged a complaint against controversial writer Devdutt Pattanaik in the Capital Police Station in Odisha's Bhubaneshwar for putting out false and derogatory tweets against Lord Jagannath Temple of Puri.
Rehan, Tasleem, Danish and Abdul had allegedly dragged the girl away when she was working in the fields and had raped her. Medical examination has confirmed sexual assault on the minor.
A case of Grooming Jihad has emerged from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh where 19-year-old Saqib concealed his religious identity to entice a 14-year-old Dalit girl into forced religious conversion.
The victim used to work at a liquor shop and had not been paid salary for five months. His charred body was found inside a deep freezer in the gutted liquor shop.