Overview

• About 20 men armed with sticks and rods stormed Swayamvar Marriage Hall in Rasra on Friday night targeting a Dalit family’s wedding ceremony
• Attackers led by Aman Sahni, Deepak Sahni, Rahul and Akhilesh hurled caste-based slurs and objected to the hall booking, according to the FIR lodged by Raghvendra Gautam
• Two relatives, Ajay Kumar and Manan Kant, were seriously injured in the assault and are receiving medical treatment
• Rasra Police Station in-charge Vipin Singh said investigators have invoked relevant sections of the BNS alongside the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and are gathering evidence
• No arrests have been made so far as authorities continue their probe into the incident