Just 8 days prior to the event, another Dalit groom named Dwarkalal took out a marriage procession in the same area which faced no issued and was carried out peacefully. Locals allege that Bhim Army goons had created a ruckus during the procession.
A Maharashtra-based teacher, Harshal Prabhu had reportedly written to PMO wherein he had expressed concerns of increase in casteism by such flaunting of caste on cars.
Various media outlets like ANI, Times of India, Zee News Hindi, India Today, NDTV, Scroll.in etc, have claimed that the Dalit man was killed due to his caste