Kasganj Dalit wedding: Groom fears attack from upper caste men, seeks security for in-laws

Agra | Monday | 16th July, 2018

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No Thakur community house doors were open when Dalit groom and baraat passed by their homes. After which the gram pradhan and villagers cooperated with us.”On Monday, hundreds of cops left Nizampur village after bride went with his groom to Hathras. AGRA: It took the district administration three months of hard work to ensure a peaceful wedding in Kasganj’s Nizampur village on Sunday. Similarly, scores of Thakur men left village to their relative’s home on wedding day because of police presence. But in Sanjay-Sheetal wedding , the Dalit family had insisted to take out the procession in entire village, which was illogical.”Like Shankar Singh not a single Thakur community family or men of Nizampur participated in the dalit wedding..