A person was injured after he was shot at by a fellow villager at Railway Colony here on Sunday morning for rejecting a marriage proposal for his niece.
The injured man identified as Ganesh Jagdala was later rushed to a hospital.
Sources said Ganesh’s niece was employed in railways on compassionate grounds after death of her husband. One Mantu Suna had been approaching her to marry him for a long time.
However, both Ganesh and his niece used to turn down his proposal every time.
At around 8.45 am, Mantu intercepted Ganesh near Golbazar while he was returning from the market on a bike. Both had a heated altercation over some matter.
Following which the accused opened fire at Ganesh and fled from the spot.
Ganesh, who sustained bullet injuries in his leg, was later admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). later, the Town police reached the spot and started investigation into the incident.