Family members of 36-year-old photographer staged protest at district collector office who was shot dead during celebration fire at a wedding at Natraj Hall in BHEl late in the night on Wednesday.
The deceased, Saurabh Meena, was shot during celebration fire by Purushottam Tiwari (32) during marriage ceremony of Chhatrapal Tiwari. Purushottam was arrested late in the night by the police and recovered licensed 12 bore gun from his possession.
Meena was shot accidentally by Purushottam's licensed 12 bore gun. Purshottam is Chhatrapal's brother-in-law.
The family members kept the body of the deceased and staged protest demanding compensation for the bereaved family.
The protestors were pacified by the intervention of the senior officials of the administration.
The family members have been assure of providing a compensation of Rs 4 lakh by officials of district administration. Govindpura police have nabbed Purushottam and was charged with murder of Saurabh.
Saurabh was shot when he busy in clicking photographs of celebration fire when the marriage procession reached Natraj Hall. Initially due to loud sound of DJ no one noticed the injured but after he fell and started to bleed and was found wounded he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
During the investigation police found that Purushottam was firing using his licensed 12 bore gun. The videos and CCTV footages were used in the investigation to establish the identity of the accused.
The police registered a case under section 304 of the IPC and later in the investigationon Thursday section 302 of the IPC was added.