Bhopal: Video of celebratory firing by 2 BJP youth wing leaders

  • | Sunday | 9th September, 2018

"I am yet to go through the complaint received in the police station about the celebratory firing. Celebratory firing even using a licensed gun is a violation of the law. #WATCH BJP leader Rahul Rajput (in blue kurta) fires celebratory shots during his birthday celebrations in Bhopal.… https://t.co/K1vFWoVyQN — ANI (@ANI) 1536488703000We need to understand when did this happen & under what conditions. It was a China-made air gun and not my licensed revolver. Our workers were celebrating my birthday.

#WATCH BJP leader Rahul Rajput (in blue kurta) fires celebratory shots during his birthday celebrations in Bhopal.… https://t.co/K1vFWoVyQN — ANI (@ANI) 1536488703000 We need to understand when did this happen & under what conditions. Party workers visible in the video are good wor… https://t.co/AoDnxw7sQ5 — ANI (@ANI) 1536491279000 BHOPAL: A person on Sunday approached Bairagarh police in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh after videos purportedly showing two Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leaders indulging in celebratory firing went viral on social media.While one clip purportedly shows BJYM national executive member Rahul Rajput firing in the air, the other, shot at the same venue in Bairagarh, has BJYM's Bhopal district president Nitin Dubey doing the same.Rajput told PTI that party workers were celebrating his birthday here Sunday and, on the request of one of them, he and Dubey fired rounds from a Chinese-made air gun."I am a responsible person. It was a China-made air gun and not my licensed revolver. Our workers were celebrating my birthday. One of the workers requested me and Nitin to fire so we used his air gun to fire in the air," Rajput claimed.Mahendra Singh Chouhan, in charge of Bairagarh police station confirmed that a complaint, along with video clips as proof, had been received."I am yet to go through the complaint received in the police station about the celebratory firing. Celebratory firing even using a licensed gun is a violation of the law. The complainant has also submitted videos," Chouhan said.

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