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HTML

<div class="group-one" >
    <p><span id="handle" draggable="true">::</span> click me</p>
</div>

<div class="group-two" draggable="true">
    <p>I should be dragged</p>
</div>

JavaScript

$('#handle').mousedown(function(e){
    $('.group-two').trigger(e);
});

$('#handle').on('dragstart', function(e){
    $('.group-two').trigger(e);
});

$('.group-two').on('dragstart', function(e){
    console.log('dragestart triggered on group-two');
});

$('.group-two').mousedown(function(e){
    console.log("mousedown triggered on group-two");
});