11-year-old girl killed, two hurt in celebratory firing in Kheri

  • | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

In the meantime, Dharampal escaped the scene. The body was handed over to the family after postmortem on Wednesday. We have recovered the pistol from the spot,” said SHO.On Wednesday, we recorded statements of some of the witnesses present at the crime scene, he said.‘Dharampal, a resident of Parsa Kheda village in Lakhimpur Kheri district, is a close relative of Gayadeen. Police are conducting raids to arrest him,” said SHO.Following a complaint lodged by Madhu’s father Ramesh Chandra, also resident of Gayadeen’s village, Dharampal was booked under 302(murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Arms Act at Pasgawa police station.SHO added that the injured were later shifted to the Lakhimpur Kheri district hospital and their condition is stable. Shahjahanpur: An 11-year-old girl was killed and two others, including a minor girl, injured in celebratory firing at a wedding ceremony in Badwari village of Lakhimpur Kheri district late Tuesday night.Station house officer (SHO) of Pasgawa police station Rakesh Kumar told TOI that Dharampal, a guest at the wedding ceremony of Gayadeen’s son, opened fire from his country-made pistol around 10pm, but the barrel of the gun busted in his hand and the bullet misfired and struck Madhu Chandra in her stomach, while her friend Ujali (15), who was standing next to her, and Rohit Kumar (25) got injured as pellets hit them.“Madhu died on the spot, while Ujali and Rohit were rushed to the community health centre (CHC).

Shahjahanpur: An 11-year-old girl was killed and two others, including a minor girl, injured in celebratory firing at a wedding ceremony in Badwari village of Lakhimpur Kheri district late Tuesday night.Station house officer (SHO) of Pasgawa police station Rakesh Kumar told TOI that Dharampal, a guest at the wedding ceremony of Gayadeen’s son, opened fire from his country-made pistol around 10pm, but the barrel of the gun busted in his hand and the bullet misfired and struck Madhu Chandra in her stomach, while her friend Ujali (15), who was standing next to her, and Rohit Kumar (25) got injured as pellets hit them.“Madhu died on the spot, while Ujali and Rohit were rushed to the community health centre (CHC). In the meantime, Dharampal escaped the scene. We have recovered the pistol from the spot,” said SHO.On Wednesday, we recorded statements of some of the witnesses present at the crime scene, he said.‘Dharampal, a resident of Parsa Kheda village in Lakhimpur Kheri district, is a close relative of Gayadeen. Police are conducting raids to arrest him,” said SHO.Following a complaint lodged by Madhu’s father Ramesh Chandra, also resident of Gayadeen’s village, Dharampal was booked under 302(murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Arms Act at Pasgawa police station.SHO added that the injured were later shifted to the Lakhimpur Kheri district hospital and their condition is stable. The body was handed over to the family after postmortem on Wednesday.

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