Dehradun Police have registered a case under sections 337 and 338 of IPC against unidentified person on Wednesday for the shooting allegedly by Congress MlA and Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation chairman Kunwar Pranav Singh ‘Champion’ which had injured Congress members at a dinner party hosted by the Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat at his residence late on Tuesday evening.
The Congress and police tried to dodge answers related to the incident on Tuesday which has caused much embarrassment to the ruling party. Moreover, ‘Champion’ did not attend the Vidhan Sabha Session which started on Wednesday with sources stating that he was distributing cheques to flood affected persons in his constituency Khanpur.
When media persons reached his Dehradun residence to seek his views, they were told that the MlA was not at home. Cantt Police Station in-charge VK Jetha said that this issue is being investigated by the police team headed by sub-inspector and team would record the statement of the injured persons soon. A source in the police department said in his recorded statement to the Cantt police, one of the injured party men Vivekanand Khanduri, said, “I became unconscious after hearing the shot at the party. I do not know who fired the gun. I came to know about my leg injuries when I gained consciousness.”