Gujarat: 100 booked for rioting after inter-caste marriage in Aravalli

PALANPUR: At least 20 families have left the Jitpur village in Malpur taulka in Aravalli district fearing violence on Tuesday after rioting broke out over an inter-caste marriage in the village couple of days ago. A youth from Jitpur village and hailing from the Valmiki community recently married a girl from the upper caste.
The news of the inter-caste marriage did not go well with the people of girl’s community and they vandalism the boy’s house and allegedly kidnapped him and his father.
However, police reached in time and rescued the father-son duo. A case of rioting was registered against 100 persons. They were also booked for kidnapping and under the Atrocity Act.
“As many as 20 families have left the village fearing violence. We are making efforts to bring back the families who had left their houses after the rioting. We have registered the case against 100 people under the atrocity Act and other relevant clauses of IPC,” said deputy superintendent of police Bharat Basiya.