Disabled Dalit groom assaulted for riding horse

In a shocking incident, a disabled Dalit groom riding on a horse during his wedding was forcibly pulled off the horse, abused with racial slurs and thrashed by some the upper caste men in a village in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh.

The police have so far arrested four persons in connection with the incident.

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According to Damoh SP Shrutkirti Somvanshi, all the four arrested persons have been booked under the SC/ST Act and were produced in a court on Friday afternoon, from where they were sent to jail.

The SP said that the police have also written to the Damoh Collector to take stringent action against the accused under the National Security ACT (NSA).

The incident occurred two days ago in village Bijori Pathak when the disabled Dalit groom, Golu Ahirwar, was riding a horse during his wedding ceremony.

He was manhandled and hurled with casteist abuses before being beaten up. Some of his family members, including women and elderly, were also assaulted.