Two friends of a groom were mercilessly beaten to death during a DJ dance at a wedding in Pratapgarh district late Saturday night.
A friend of the groom was dancing with his wife when another youth tried to snatch the gold chain of the woman. Most of the bars were drunk, sources said.
This led to a brawl and baratis from both sides clashed. Three friends of the groom were severely beaten with sticks.
Meanwhile, police arrived on the scene and the three injured were taken to hospital where two succumbed to their injuries. Severe head injuries and excessive bleeding were reported to be the cause behind the deaths.
Later, the marriage was performed in the presence of the police force.
The incident took place in Chakaudia village in Lalganj Tehsil on Saturday night.
The marriage party was camping in a field 200 meters away from the bride’s house.
The Barat started at around 11 pm with DJ music towards the bride’s house. People were dancing.
Indrapreet Singh, a friend of the groom was dancing with his wife when a youth tried to snatch her chain. Indrapreet grabbed the hand of this youth.
Seeing this two more friends of the groom Pavandeep and Vishal rushed to help Indrapreet and the three friends beat up the youth who was trying to snatch the gold chain.
However, the situation took an ugly turn when people from the other side jumped into this fight with sticks and blunt weapons.
Lalganj police station in-charge rushed Pawandeep 22 resident of Musafirkhana Sultanpur, and Indrapreet Singh 32, from Jalandhar, and Vishal also from the same place to the hospital.
Sadly, Pawandeep and Indrapreet succumbed to their injuries while Vishal is still being treated at the SRN hospital in Allahabad.
The marriage celebration was marred for three hours and then continued in police presence.
A case of double murder has been lodged against nine persons while several others have been taken into custody. They were being questioned.
