One dies, five injured in violence during wedding celebrations

An individual died after sustaining injury by a machete that was blown in the ‘gang fight’ during the wedding at Baijanath Rural Municipality of Banke district.

Dinesh Rokaya, of Baijanath Rural Municipality -8, who was injured in a gang fight at Pushpanagar beach line, died while undergoing treatment in Lucknow, India, according to the police.

According to District Police Office Banke, a gang fight broke out between the drunken youths at the time of a celebratory dance during a wedding ceremony.

Suddenly the group of Ram Bahadur Rana, who is brother-in-law to the groom, and

the group of the neighbor, Dinesh Rokaya, got into a gang fight when the celebratory dance was ongoing to welcome the bride in the groom’s house following the wedding. 

Dinesh was seriously injured by a strike from Rana’s machete during a squabble, the police said.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ayush Prasad Joshi, Spokesperson for the District Police Office, Banke, 25-year-old Dinesh Rokaya breathed his last on Sunday during treatment in Lucknow.

He said that five other injured persons are receiving treatment at the Nepalgunj Medical College (NGMC), Kohalpur.

Police have arrested 6 people, including 35-year-old Ram Bahadur Rana, a brother-in-law of the groom, of Baijanath Rural Municipality-2, for their involvement in the incident.