A caterer was shot dead at a marriage function here on late Saturday night. The suspect, owner of a catering agency, has been arrested along with his licensed revolver used in this incident. The incident took place in Haldwani’s Saraswati Vihar area around midnight on Saturday when the deceased refused to prepare meals as demanded by the guests around midnight, according to the preliminary investigations.
However, the guests of the marriage party took up the matter with the owner of the catering agency, Deepak. But when the owner of the catering agency asked the deceased caterer who has been identified as Suresh, to prepare meals for the guests, the deceased refused to do so.
Subsequently, caterer Suresh's refusal only escalated scuffle between the owner of the catering agency and him. Finally, the owner of the catering agency, Deepak allegedly shot the caterer Suresh with his licensed revolver. Suresh received serious injuries on his head in this case , as per the investigations.
In the meanwhile, acting on an information in this regard the Haldwani police swung into action and took the deceased to nearby hospital. However, the doctors attending upon caterer Suresh declared him brought dead. On receiving information about this incident, other senior police officials concerned of the Nainital district also reached the incident site.
In the process the suspect, owner of the catering agency Deepak, a resident of Chharayal, Haldwani, was arrested and his licensed revolver allegedly used in this incident was also seized. As soon as the firing took place most the guests of this marriage ceremony left from the scene as it created panic among them. However, Haldwani police managed to identify the members of this marriage party. In the meanwhile, the Haldwani police personnel concerned also interrogated the guests and the members of the marriage party in connection with this firing incident. Further investigation is on in this incident.