Shooting gun to celebrate wedding, bride's father kills neighbor girl
The 22-year-old woman was standing on her rooftop watching a DJ play music at a wedding when she was hit in the forehead by a bullet.
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A wedding in India.Illustration photo. |
According toBBCMr. Ashok Khosla shot his neighbor, Ms. Sakshi Arora (22 years old), in Hoshiarpur, Punjab state, India on the evening of February 10. Mr. Ashok intended to shoot into the air to celebrate his daughter's wedding but accidentally shot Sakshi in the forehead, causing the young girl to die on the spot.
Police arrested Mr. Ashok shortly afterward, and investigations revealed that the bullet that killed Sakshi came from his gun. Police confirmed that Mr. Ashok was drunk at the time.Ashok's friend, who also fired shots during the ceremony but escaped, is also being sought.
The victim's father, Charanjit Arora, said his daughter was in her final year of a master's degree. She was standing on the terrace of her house overlooking Ashok's house to watch the DJ play music. "Suddenly, a wedding celebratory bullet went up and hit Sakshi in the forehead," Charajit told the newspaper.Hindustan Times.
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The city where the incident occurred. |
This is not the first time someone has been killed by gunfire at a wedding in India. Last November, an 8-year-old child was killed in a similar incident.
In November 2016, one person died and three were injured after a woman standing on the dance floor opened fire.A month later, a 25-year-old dancer was also killed by a drunken guest at a wedding in Bathinda, Punjab.
