35 convicted in Agra for attack on Dalit wedding procession in 1990
AGRA: An Agra court on Wednesday convicted 35 men in a 35-year-old case related to caste violence that erupted during a Dalit wedding procession in Panwari village in 1990.
The special SC/ST court of judge Pushkar Upadhyay also acquitted 15 accused due to lack of evidence.
The quantum of punishment in the case will be delivered on Friday.
Additional district govt counsel Hemant Dixit said 22 of the original 72 accused died during the prolonged trial.
On June 21, 1990, a group of Jat men confronted a Dalit wedding procession, objecting to the groom riding a horse, in Panwari village in Agra.
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