Click to play videoNew Delhi: One policeman was killed and at least six others were injured while trying to save two bridegrooms from an angry village mob in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh.
The grooms – brothers Latafat and Gafoor - and their wedding party were beaten up after they allegedly demanded dowry from the brides’ families.
The members of the party are being kept hostage. Reports say the angry villagers beat up Latafat and Gafoor and smeared their faces with black ink.
Their father too was beaten.
According to the villagers, the father demanded a car and Rs 1 lakh in cash as dowry for each of his sons just before the ceremony began.
“The Circle Officer was at the spot I also informed the rural SP. But things went out of control after 1.30 am,” Meerut SSP Jyoti Narayan told CNN-IBN.
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