Dalit Groom Horse

Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit groom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said Tuesday.

Stones were thrown at a Dalit groom's wedding procession in an attempt to stop him from riding a horse in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district last evening. Three policemen were injured.

An inter-caste couple in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh has alleged their five-year-old child was not being allowed to play with other children in their village.

A Dalit bridegroom was stopped from riding a horse and his wedding procession was pelted with stones in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, leading the police to file a case against 28 people, including a village sarpanch, said officials.

Even after 75 years of Independence, Chandi village in the Bundi district of Rajasthan is one of those villages where a Dalit bridegroom could not sit on a horse as a part of his wedding ceremony.

The wedding procession of a Dalit man was taken out under police protection in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Sunday after some so called upper caste people objected to the groom sitting on a horse and threw stones, an official said.

A Dalit groom was allegedly beaten by upper caste people for riding a horse at a village in Napasar area in Rajasthan's Bikaner on Wednesday night, the police said.

In Gujarat's Mehsana district, the village sarpanch, along with some other village leaders, had issued a diktat asking the villagers to boycott the Dalit community members as a Dalit man rode a horse during his wedding.

A Dalit man's wedding procession was held up for a few hours allegedly by some upper caste men who were objecting to the groom riding a horse,Mansa Police said.

A Dalit groom was forced off his horse during his wedding procession last week in a small village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district. The Dalits retaliated and got 12 people from the upper castes arrested under the SC/ST Act for forcing the bridegroom to dismount.

Seven people have been arrested and another six booked under the SC/ST Act for forcing a Dalit groom, in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, to get down from the horse at his own wedding procession.

On his wedding day, a Dalit man made the 'mistake' of riding a horse at a village in Rajasthan. His celebratory act soon got him into trouble after some villagers, apparently angered by what they assumed to be a hijack of privilege meant only for them, forced him to get off the horse

A Dalit man's bid to ride a horse-drawn carriage to his wedding - traditionally a privilege of the upper castes - almost ended in disaster at a village in Haryana. The groom's procession was attacked and the police had to be called in to ensure that the wedding take place.

A groom in Madhya Pradesh traded the traditional headgear for a sturdy helmet as he was attacked with stones by upper caste men in his village - all because he dared to ride a horse to his wedding.

Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit groom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said Tuesday.

Stones were thrown at a Dalit groom's wedding procession in an attempt to stop him from riding a horse in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district last evening. Three policemen were injured.

An inter-caste couple in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh has alleged their five-year-old child was not being allowed to play with other children in their village.

A Dalit bridegroom was stopped from riding a horse and his wedding procession was pelted with stones in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, leading the police to file a case against 28 people, including a village sarpanch, said officials.

Even after 75 years of Independence, Chandi village in the Bundi district of Rajasthan is one of those villages where a Dalit bridegroom could not sit on a horse as a part of his wedding ceremony.

The wedding procession of a Dalit man was taken out under police protection in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Sunday after some so called upper caste people objected to the groom sitting on a horse and threw stones, an official said.

A Dalit groom was allegedly beaten by upper caste people for riding a horse at a village in Napasar area in Rajasthan's Bikaner on Wednesday night, the police said.

In Gujarat's Mehsana district, the village sarpanch, along with some other village leaders, had issued a diktat asking the villagers to boycott the Dalit community members as a Dalit man rode a horse during his wedding.

A Dalit man's wedding procession was held up for a few hours allegedly by some upper caste men who were objecting to the groom riding a horse,Mansa Police said.

A Dalit groom was forced off his horse during his wedding procession last week in a small village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district. The Dalits retaliated and got 12 people from the upper castes arrested under the SC/ST Act for forcing the bridegroom to dismount.

Seven people have been arrested and another six booked under the SC/ST Act for forcing a Dalit groom, in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, to get down from the horse at his own wedding procession.

On his wedding day, a Dalit man made the 'mistake' of riding a horse at a village in Rajasthan. His celebratory act soon got him into trouble after some villagers, apparently angered by what they assumed to be a hijack of privilege meant only for them, forced him to get off the horse

A Dalit man's bid to ride a horse-drawn carriage to his wedding - traditionally a privilege of the upper castes - almost ended in disaster at a village in Haryana. The groom's procession was attacked and the police had to be called in to ensure that the wedding take place.

A groom in Madhya Pradesh traded the traditional headgear for a sturdy helmet as he was attacked with stones by upper caste men in his village - all because he dared to ride a horse to his wedding.