A day after members of the Patel community blocked a road to obstruct the wedding procession of a Dalit groom in Khambhir village of Modasa in Aravalli district, it took the might of the police to ensure that the wedding could be held peacefully on Monday. Four people from the Dalit community and several cops were injured. He also alleged that during the violence on Sunday, the cops sided with Patel community members. This is the third such incident in the last four days in which Dalits have been prevented from taking out a wedding procession," he said. POLICE INTERVENTIONGujarat Congress on Monday said that every community in the country had right to take out a wedding procession and appealed for peace.

Source: dna May 14, 2019 00:33 UTC