Dec 04, 2024 10:35 PM IST
70-year-old from Kot Gangu Rai village did so after being stopped from resorting to celebratory hearth; he’s mentioned to have been some land dispute with the accused who’s resident of the identical village
A celebratory ‘jago’ ceremony in Kot Gangu Rai village took a violent flip when a neighbour opened hearth, injuring groom’s cousin on Tuesday night time. Whereas a bullet brushed previous the brow of the sufferer, two bullets hit him in his left arm. Earlier than opening the fireplace, the accused, who was invited to the pre-wedding programme, had opened a celebratory hearth.
The home the place the firing incident occurred in Kot Gangu Rai village of Ludhiana. (HT photograph)
Quickly after the incident, the Koom Kalan police reached the spot and arrested the accused Jagdish Singh, 70, of Kot Gangu Rai village. His licensed .32-bore pistol has been seized.
The sufferer, Mandeep Singh, 38, was rushed to a personal hospital in Doraha after the incident, the place his situation is acknowledged to be steady. Sub-inspector Jaspal Singh, extra station home officer (SHO) on the Koom Kalan police station, mentioned Mandeep Singh talked about in his assertion that his cousin Gurmeet Singh’s marriage ceremony celebrations had been underway when their neighbor Jagdish Singh fired three photographs into the air along with his pistol as celebratory hearth underneath the affect of medication.
Mandeep added that after he stopped Jagdish from doing so, the latter left and went to the roof of his home close by. In line with him, the accused began hurling abuses and threw a glass at him earlier than firing three bullets concentrating on him with the intent to kill. One bullet grazed his brow on the left aspect, whereas two others struck his left arm. He was rushed to a hospital, the place he’s present process remedy.
The sub-inspector mentioned Mandeep additionally knowledgeable the police that there had been a long-standing dispute between him and Jagdish over a bit of land within the village, which fueled the assault.
Additional, the sub-inspector added that an try and homicide case has been registered towards the accused on the Koom Kalan police station.
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