Twenty-eight years old
groom Amit Rastogi, was fatally struck and killed by a bullet apparently fired
by celebrating members of his wedding party in northern India late Wednesday in
Uttar Pradesh state.
The fatal incident happened
while leading the party to his bride’s house, in the customary manner at Indian
weddings.
“He was hit by a bullet in
the head apparently fired by someone from the marriage party but we are looking
at other angles, including murder,” Uma Shankar Singh, the investigating
officer in Sitapur district where the incident occurred, told AFP.
The officer said the groom,
who fell from his horse after being hit, was taken to hospital in the state
capital Lucknow where doctors declared him dead. Although outlawed in India,
celebratory firing at weddings and other events is common in the country,
across South Asia and in other regions, although fatalities are relatively few.
On Monday, a 14-year-old boy was killed after being struck by a bullet at a
wedding in neighbouring Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh.
what a day, sad
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