A 12-year-old girl succumbed to her bullet injuries after being accidentally shot by the groom’s father during a wedding celebration in West Delhi’s Ranhola, on Wednesday night. A licensed gun has also been recovered from his possession.
The victim has been identified as Divya and at the time of the incident she was dancing near the horse on which the groom was sitting. While the wedding attendees were dancing and celebrating, they heard the sound of gunshot. In a short while, they noticed Divya lying on the ground in a pool of blood. She received the bullet injury on her thigh.
She was immediately rushed to the nearby Aysuhman hospital, where she underwent treatment but when her condition became critical, she was transferred to Mata Chanan Devi hospital.