Marriage hall owner booked for cancelling Dalit wedding reservation in UP
Meerut (UP), Apr 7: The owner of a marriage hall here was booked for allegedly cancelling a reservation after realising that the groom was a Dalit.
The hall owner, Raees Abbasi, refuted the allegations while police assured the family that the wedding will take place at the venue.
Circle Officer of the area, Ruchita Chaudhary, said, "A local resident, one Jaideep, had booked the hall of Raees Abbasi for the marriage of his sister scheduled for April 9."
"When Abbasi came to know that the groom is a Valmiki (Scheduled Caste community), he informed me that the reservation has been cancelled and I should look for another venue," Jaideep said in his complaint.
According to Chaudhary, an FIR against Abbasi was lodged at the Khar Khauda police station.
"We have also assured the family members of Jaideep that the marriage will take place at the same venue. We are in talks with the management of the marriage hall," said the officer.
Abbasi said he did not cancel the booking but was averse to the cooking of non-vegetarian food at the venue.
"I only opposed the cooking of non-vegetarian food at the venue. I neither said any caste-related thing to anyone nor was the booking cancelled," he told PTI.
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Air India flight from Mumbai makes 'priority' landing in Bhopal after snag; return leg cancelled
Bhopal (PTI): A Bhopal-bound Air India flight from Mumbai carrying 175 persons on board made a “priority” landing here on Sunday due to a snag, an airport official said.
The aircraft landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, he said.
Consequently, the return leg of the flight from Bhopal to Mumbai, with 178 passengers booked, was cancelled, the official said.
AAI-run Bhopal airport said in a statement that Air India flight AI 633 “reported a technical issue to Air Traffic Control (ATC) during the flight from Mumbai to Bhopal”.
Immediately, all prescribed safety protocols were activated, and seamless coordination was ensured between ATC, airline ground operations, CISF and airpiort fire and rescue team of Bhopal airport, it said in a statement.
The flight, carrying 175 persons, including 166 passengers and nine crew members, landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, the airport operator said.
All necessary assistance and support were extended by the airport and airline teams as per the requirements of the flight crew, it said.
“Due to the technical issue, the aircraft was declared unserviceable, and as a precautionary measure, the return flight AI-634 (Bhopal to Mumbai) was cancelled by the airline to facilitate detailed inspection and rectification,” the statement said.
