Fight over gulab jamuns at wedding ends in blows; caterer calls police

The police said that after attacking Dipanshu Gupta, four of the suspects fled from the banquet hall and a search has been launched to arrest them.

The incident took place after the ceremony was over at a banquet hall in Pune on April 23. (Source: Representative Image/Pexels)

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Fight over gulab jamuns at wedding ends in blows; caterer calls police

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A 28-year-old catering contractor was seriously injured after he was thrashed with a frying ladle by a group of people at a wedding ceremony following a dispute over packing and taking gulab jamuns (a sweet dish). The incident took place after the ceremony was over at a banquet hall in Pune on April 23.

The manager of the hotel and catering service, Dipanshu Gupta, filed an FIR against the culprits. He told the police that the incident took place around 6 pm at the Rajyog Mangal Karyalay in Shewalewadi area of Pune.

According to the police, the marriage ceremony was held at 1.30 pm after which food was served. Around 6 pm, some relatives who were at the wedding approached Gupta and asked if they could take the leftover food. Gupta told them he had no objection and they started packing the food.

Gupta in the FIR said, “When the relatives were packing the leftover food, I saw one person packing the gulab jamuns kept separately. I objected and told them that the sweets are for another ceremony the next day. This is when they got agitated and attacked me. One of them picked up a frying ladle and hit me on my head after which I started bleeding profusely. My employer and other staffers intervened to stop them from beating me and rushed me to Sassoon General Hospital.”