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AGRA: Five months after the much-publicised Dalit wedding in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj, Thakur men in the neighbouring Etah district allegedly attacked a Dalit groom during wedding procession, forced him to get down from the horse and made him walk to the wedding venue. They later forced me to get down from the horse and walk to wedding venue .”Vir Singh, Harvendar’s brother-in-law, said, “An hour before our wedding procession, Thakur men had taken out their march in the village. Now, the Thakur men are threatening us to settle the case or they will not us live peacefully.”Despite repeated attempts, Thakur men in the village refused to speak with the media. According to an FIR filed later, the unruly upper caste men also hurled stones and casteist slurs at Dalit men who were participating in the wedding procession in the district’s Asrauli village. The truth will come out," one of them said.Chhotelal, village head of Asrauli, said, “This village never saw any such incident..