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Dalit groom forced to wear helmet as upper caste villagers stone baraat

00:00 May 9 2015 Ratlam

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The procession was heavily stoned when it reached the panchayat chowk and more than half a dozen people sustained injuries.
A Dalit groom’s baraat was stoned by upper-caste villagers forcing him to wear a helmet to the marriage venue in Negrun village of Ratlam district late on Sunday.
Arguing that lower-caste grooms were not supposed to ride a horse and take out a procession in the village, upper caste villagers had told the family of Pawan Malviya to abide by their illegal diktat.http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/dalit-groom-forced-to-wear-helmet-as-upper-caste-villagers-stone-baraat/

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