Dehradun Police raided a banquet hall, located on Outer Ring Road in Raipur, where so-called celebratory shots were fired during a marriage ceremony on Thursday night, seriously injuring a 14-year-old boy Vivek Negi, resident of Nehru Gram. Police imposed challan worth Rs10,000 in the name of the banquet hall — Forest Garden Wedding’s Point — for not seeking permission from the Raipur police about the marriage ceremony, said Raipur police station in-charge sub-inspector Abul Kalam on Friday. However, the injured boy, who was rushed to the Doon hospital, is stated to be out of danger.
The police officer further said that a case under Section 338 of IPC and Section 30 Arms Act has been registered against unidentified persons in Raipur police station on Friday. Teams have been formed and they have been deployed at various places to nab the accused and seize the pistol. Police said that they are getting least cooperation from the families of the bride and the groom regarding the incident. Some suspects have been questioned though, he added.
Kalam said that the incident happened when a marriage ceremony of the daughter of Vikram Singh Negi was on in the banquet hall on Thursday. Vikram Singh’s neighbour Digamber Singh, his wife Gangotri and son Vivek also attended the same. Suddenly a person who is said to be close to the groom fired shot. The bullet grazed past Vivek’s lip. Vivek was admitted in Doon Hospital.
Earlier, in view increasing incidents of celebratory firing from private firearms to solemnize wedding celebrations, Garhwal Range IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal had directed the police station officers to ensure that no such thing recurred. The police officers were strictly directed to follow zero tolerance approach on such incidents occurring during wedding and other ceremonies in their jurisdictional areas, it is learnt.