India, April 15 -- Frustrated by loud music during a society's Ambedkar Jayanti celebration on Sunday, a 23-year-old man came out of his house wielding two swords and screamed casteist remarks while demanding people stop the music. The situation escalated when he began chasing the crowd with the weapons. The Nijampura police have arrested the accused, Devidas Balaram Patil, under relevant sections of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the Arms Act, and the Maharashtra Police Act, and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

The incident occurred in Khoni village, Bhiwandi. As per police reports, the villagers had organized a musical and band performance for Monday to celebrate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's 134th birth anniversary, for which aro...