Dalit bridegroom assaulted, abused for riding horse during procession; four held
Gandhinagar, Feb 13: Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit bridegroom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at Chadasana village when the accused persons also hurled casteist abuses at the Dalit groom Vikas Chavda when he was riding a horse as part of his wedding procession, a Mansa police station official said.
The groom was riding a horse in a procession with around 100 participants and was on the way to the bride's house in the village when a man on a motorcycle intercepted and dragged him down from the horse and slapped him, said a complaint filed by the groom's cousin Sanjay Chavda.
The accused person also hurled casteist slurs at the groom, objecting to him riding the horse by saying that only members of his community can ride a horse, it said.
Three more persons joined him and all four started abusing and threatening the victim, the complainant stated in the FIR. The groom was compelled to ride a four-wheeler to the bride's house for their wedding, it said.
The four arrested are Sailesh Thakore, Jayesh Thakore, Samir Thakore and Ashwin Thakore. All the four belong to the OBC community.
All the four accused persons were arrested, the police official said.
They were booked under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult), 114 (abettor present when offence committed), 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and relevant sections of the SC/ST ((Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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Madhya Pradesh: Fire breaks out in bus, damages EVMs in Betul
Betul: A bus transporting polling officials and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) caught fire in Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, yesterday after the third phase of voting. The event occurred near Gola village, resulting in damage to EVMs from several polling stations. Fortunately, no injuries were reported among the polling staff or the bus driver.
According to Betul Collector Narendra Suryavanshi, the fire was ignited by a spark within the bus. The damaged EVMs belonged to four polling stations, specifically booth numbers 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, and 280. Among the six polling parties and an equal number of EVMs onboard, four were affected while two remained unharmed. The damage primarily affected either the control unit or the ballot unit of the EVMs.
The collector assured that he would forward a detailed report to the Election Commission for assessment. The Election Commission will subsequently determine whether re-polling is necessary in the affected booths.
This incident occurred during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, wherein a substantial voter turnout was recorded. Notably, Betul witnessed a turnout of 72.65%, contributing to the provisional voter turnout of 66.05% across nine Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Among the candidates in the fray were prominent figures such as Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, and former chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan of BJP and Digvijaya Singh of Congress. The polling encompassed nine seats, including Morena, Bhind (SC-reserved), Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal, Rajgarh, and Betul (ST-reserved).
