Marriage celebrations turned into sorrow when a cop of Delhi Police died under mysterious circumstances in Muzaffarnagar.
The incident took place a few hours before the marriage of the cop in Muzaffarnagar when everyone was enjoying and dancing to DJ music to celebrate the occasion on Sunday.
The local police reached the spot and claimed after an initial probe that the victim seemed to be talking on his mobile and suddenly fell from the terrace and died. However, they sent the body for post-mortem examination and were examining the video recording of the function to ensure whether the victim had some dispute before the incident and with whom he was talking on phone at the time of incident.
Reports said that the wedding procession of Anuj, a 30-year-old constable of Delhi Police and resident of Kutbi village of Shahpur police station area in Muzaffarnagar, was to go to Loni in Ghaziabad on Sunday. Anuj’s marriage was to take place on Sunday. The DJ continued to play at home till late Saturday night. The baratis were getting ready and also dancing to beats of `dhol' on Sunday morning.
During this called on Anuj's mobile. Anuj went to the terrace while talking on phone. According to Anuj’s father Ravindra, some guests raised an alarm when they saw Anuj falling from the terrace. He claimed that in shock and grief, they rushed the victim to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Suspecting some foul play, Ravindra said that he could not say whether his son died of a fatal fall from the terrace or there was some larger conspiracy behind his death.
On receiving the information, Superintendent of Police (Rural), CO Budhana and local police reached the village and inquired about the incident. Further investigations were on.
Meanwhile another marriage function also turned into a tragedy when Vishal Yadav (26), son of Raj Bahadur Yadav, was shot at during celebration of his tilak ceremony in Kaura Ghani village of Saraimeer police station area in Azamgarh on Saturday.
The groom was rushed to a nearby hospital from where the doctors referred him to the district hospital after finding his condition critical. The police reached the spot and claimed to have conducted raids to nab the suspects.
According to family members, Vishal Yadav used to study while living in Bihar. His marriage was fixed and on Saturday, his tilak ceremony was celebrated in his native place. The women were singing traditional songs and dancing when a youth from the village reached the venue and started having heated arguments with Vishal. When other guests tried to intervene, the accused suddenly whipped out a pistol and opened fire at Vishal. The bullet hit Vishal's stomach and he fell to the ground. The accused fired a few more rounds in the air and managed to escape safely from the spot.
The family members and guests shifted the injured to hospital where he is still battling for his life.
Station House Office of Saraimeer police station, Swatantra Kumar Singh, reached the spot immediately after getting information. According to the police, the accused had been identified with the help of family members of the victim, with whom they had some old enmity.
A case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the accused.