With 150 Cops On Guard, It Was Band, Baaja And Baraat For Dalit Groom | Read

This was no ordinary baraat. 150 policemen including senior officers were part of the security team that guarded a Dalit man's wedding procession in western Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district. Sanjay Jatav, a law student who won a fight for the right to take out his wedding procession six months ago, with so-called upper caste Thakurs and the district administration, was finally able to ride a horse-drawn carriage to marry 18-year-old Sheetal on Sunday.