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The matrimony procession was carried retired successful the colony with Parecha riding a equine nether a choky constabulary bandobast.
A sceptical groom, an enthusiastic matrimony procession and a squad of 145 constabulary unit — each acceptable for the varghodo (a pre matrimony ritual of a groom riding a horse).
Thursday’s country successful Gadalvada colony of Banaskantha district’s Palanpur tehsil was thing but a run-of-the-mill wedding ceremony. A lawyer by profession, Mukesh Parecha’s wedding to-do list, dissimilar different grooms, included seeking constabulary protection.
Apprehending an untoward incidental during the matrimony procession, the Dalit groom, 33, connected January 22 submitted an antithetic exertion with the Banaskantha territory superintendent of constabulary seeking extortion arsenic helium wanted to thrust a equine for his large day.
“In our village, radical from the Scheduled Caste person ne'er carried retired a varghodo . I volition beryllium the archetypal to transportation retired the varghodo. And determination is each anticipation of (an) untoward incident. And therefore, it is simply a petition to assistance america constabulary protection,” stated Parecha’s application.
The matrimony procession was carried retired successful the colony with Parecha riding a equine nether a choky constabulary bandobast.
The colony falls nether the jurisdiction of Gadh Police Station.
Police Inspector, Gadh constabulary station, K M Vasava said, “We had deployed a bandobast of 145 personnel, including 3 sub-inspectors and 1 constabulary inspector. The procession was held peacefully.” Parecha, who practises instrumentality astatine Banaskantha territory court, said, “The matrimony procession was carried retired nether constabulary protection. Nothing happened arsenic I rode the horse. But aft I got disconnected the horse, pursuing the procession, sat successful my car, and had hardly covered 500 metre, idiosyncratic threw a chromatic astatine our vehicle. Then, the Police Inspector (K M Vasava) himself drove the car portion Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani, who was besides contiguous astatine the spot, sat inside.”
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“We volition springiness a ceremonial exertion to constabulary connected the incidental (pelting of a stone) successful a time oregon two,” helium added.
Meanwhile, Inspector Vasava said, “We had deployed a drone camera arsenic good for the function. We person seen the visuals and determination is nary specified incidental (of chromatic pelting). The procession was carried retired peacefully. But since they made the allegation, I drove the groom’s car and dropped them to the colony (Limboi of neighbouring Vadgam tehsil) wherever the matrimony was to instrumentality place.”
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