Authorities Raze 48 Houses In MPs Jirapur After Dalit Wedding Procession Was Pelted With Stones

The Jirapur Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh¡¯s Rajgarh district has demolished some 48 houses in the town after they were found to be on encroached government land.

On Tuesday night, the town had witnessed an altercation between two groups after a dispute over DJ music being played during the wedding procession of a Dalit man.

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Stone pelting over playing DJ music

The marriage procession was passing outside a mosque at around 11 pm when some people of a community objected to DJ music being played during the celebration.

The wedding procession was also hit by stones pelted by the locals, leaving at least three people injured.

"Following the objection, the marriage party members stopped the music for some time. But, when the procession reached near a temple, they again started playing the music. Some people who had earlier objected to it allegedly started pelting stones on the procession from behind," Jirapur police station in-charge Prabhat Gaud had told PTI.

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Following a complaint filed by the bride's father, the police arrested six people and registered a case against them and some others under Indian Penal Code Sections 294 (obscene act), 336 (endangering human life) and 506 (criminal intimidation), and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of atrocities) Act, the official said.

The CCTV footage of the area is being examined, he said.

Six accused arrested, 21 booked for stone pelting

As per the FIR, the complainant alleged that the accused objected to music being played when the marriage procession reached near the temple on Tuesday night.

The accused started abusing them, saying the DJ music was disturbing their sleep and later started hurling stones, in which three people were injured, the FIR said.

When people from the bride's side also started gathering there, the accused threatened them with dire consequences if the DJ music is played again in their locality and their sleep gets disturbed, the police said quoting the complaint.

A total of six people have been arrested in connection with the incident and 21 more have been identified as accused.

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Authorities raze houses of stone pelting accused

Following this, the civic authorities issued notices to several houses in the locality and demolished 48 of them in the past two days, stating that they were on encroached government land.

While 18 houses were completely razed down, 30 were demolished partly.

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According to the authorities, 18 houses that were completely demolished belonged to those accused in the stone pelting case.

The remaining 30 houses were partly demolished after they were found to have encroached areas of the road leading to Mata Mandir.

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