AGRA, June 22 -- A Dalit groom's wedding procession allegedly faced resistance while passing through a Thakur-dominated locality in Dhakpura village under Awagarh police station limits of Etah district on Saturday evening, prompting swift police action to prevent escalation. Constable Sunil Kumar from the Sakroli police station sustained a head injury during the incident and was taken for treatment.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Etah Shyam Narain Singh said, "Police had been deployed along a shorter, designated route for the wedding procession, but the barat took a different path through the village." "A few individuals from the Thakur community objected. Police reached the spot, intervened, and the procession continued under pol...