Wedding joys end in police plaints, 10 booked

Rajkot: For Vijay Bambhaniya and Sheeta Baraiya of Mahuva taluka in Bhavnagar, this Saturday will be a red letter day in their lives not just for their wedding but the intense drama it unfolded in its wake.
Their wedding day in Katpar village of Mahuva taluka was almost on the brink of collapse with members of both families engaging in fisticuffs over a petty incident on Saturday, saved only by the police which intervened and got it solemnized late on Saturday.
The police are now investigating into the violence, even as 10 persons — five from groom’s side and five of the bride’s — were booked for assault and threatening by the Mahuva police following cross-complaints by both parties.
A few family members from both sides are also recuperating in private hospitals.
According to the police, both the bride and groom are from the same village. As per tradition, the groom's family and the bride’s family take out a procession in the village ahead of the marriage.
While both the sides were doing the rounds on Saturday, the groom’s family and that of the bride’s came face to face near Hanuman Chowk in the village. Suddenly, someone dancing to DJ music sprayed foam as part of celebration which hit Vijay, the groom, on his face.
This triggered a verbal altercation between the two sides. Soon, it turned ugly with revellers resorting to physical assaults on one another.
One of the complainants from the bride's side Vipul Dhaya, stated that five people from the groom’s side beat up his father following the foam-spraying incident. When others tried to intervene, a group of people attacked the groom’s relative Puja Bambhaniya and others. Bambhaniya later lodged a complaint against five persons with Mahuva police station.
Based on the two cross-complaints filed, police booked 10 persons for assault and intimidation.