Bride’s cousin shot in head during celebratory firing

Meerut | Monday | 11th February, 2019

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Police has not registered an FIR in the case as is yet to receive any official complaint in the matter.Only last month, three people were killed in celebratory firing in Moradabad.Despite a complete ban, celebratory firing in UP is rampant. The victims included 12 minors and four women, and another 32 were injured in 55 celebratory firing incidents during the same period. Meerut: A Delhi resident Mahanand alias Bholu was shot in the head at a wedding procession in Meerut’s Bhavanpur area on Sunday evening. Mahanand, the bride’s cousin was rushed to a higher centre in Delhi after his condition deteriorated. It has already claimed 31 lives in the past 35 months..