A tribal bridegroom room who wore ‘sherwani’ at his wedding led to clash between his his his bride’s people at Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh. The clash reached to that extend that both the parties pelted stonen on each other.

The incident took place in Mangbaeda village after relatives of the bride asked the groom to wear a ‘dhoti-kurta’ during the marriage rituals, as per their tribal tradition, and not the ‘sherwani’ which he had wore.

The bridegroom Sundarlal, a resident of Dhar who wore a ‘sherwani’, refused to take off and wear ”dhoti-kurta’ which led to a heated argument between both the sides and resulted in a violent clash.

Members from both the sides later lodged police complaints, based on which a case was registered against some persons under Indian Penal Code Sections 294 (obscene act), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation).

However, groom Sundarlal later told reporters that there was no dispute with the bride’s family, but claimed some of her relatives were involved in assaulting people.
The dispute started over the attire. I only want action against those who were involved in assault and stone-pelting, he said.

After the incident, a large number of people, including women, reached Dhamnod police station and staged a protest. Some women at the police station alleged that stones were hurled at them by the bride’s relatives, causing injuries to some people.

However, both the bride and the groom reached Dhar city and completed the marriage rituals.