India, Feb. 18 -- Aghapur village in Noida Sector 41 is densely populated with two-three storey buildings on either side of a narrow road which has space for barely two vehicles to pass abreast.

At 8.15pm, a large number of people, including three DJ operators, gathered at the beginning of the village road for the procession, which was going to go at least two to three kilometres inside the densely populated area.

As the procession began, with the music playing at full volume, people came out onto their balconies to watch. Among them was Vikas Sharma, who brought out his two-and-a-half-year-old son Ansh, on his lap.

"At 8.53pm, barely 100 metres from the starting point of the wedding procession, three men suddenly climbed onto the hors...