22-year-old woman dancer was shot in the face at a marriage function last week at Tikra village in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot. Two persons were arrested Friday in connection with the incident, the police said.
On November 30, the dancer, Hina sustained a bullet injury in her jaw and two others sustained pellet injuries during the firing at the wedding of the daughter of village head Suhir Singh Patel in Chitrakoot, Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal said.
This video is from UP's Chitrakoot .The lady was performing at a wedding and was shot by a man , possibly drunk, because she stopped after the music system development a glitch. She took a bullet in the jaw , hospitalised in Kanpur. @chitrakootpol says trying to make arrests pic.twitter.com/f9vVYopcYL
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Hina was rushed to a hospital after sustaining the bullet injury and her condition has been diagnosed as stable, the police official said.
In a 42-second video, two shots are heard being fired, of which the second bullet hits one of the dancers on stage. Seconds before, a man behind the camera is heard shouting: “Shots will be fired if this song is played.”
The accused, who fired shots, were identified as Sudhir Singh and Phool Singh and were arrested, he said.
प्रकरण के सम्बन्ध में थाना मऊ में मु0अ0सं0 220/19 धारा 307 भादवि पंजीकृत किया गया । अभियुक्त की गिरफ्तारी के प्रयास किये जा रहे है
— Chitrakoot Police (@chitrakootpol) December 6, 2019