AGRA: A member of a videography crew hired for a wedding shoot was shot dead by a man in heavily inebriated state following a heated argument over camera angle in

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late on Friday.

The wedding procession at Darigapur village of

police limits took an ugly turn when Satyendra Yadav allegedly fired two shots from his double barrel shotgun. “The pellets struck two members of the crew. One succumbed due to excessive bleeding while the other recovered after first aid,” said Rajesh Kumar, superintendent of police (rural).

The 20-year-old dead

has been identified as Rohit Kumar while

sustained pellet injuries. Yadav and his aide Kuldeep fled after the incident. Based on a written complaint of Rohit’s relative Suresh Chandra, an FIR was lodged against the two under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

According to the FIR, camera crew of Dinesh Kumar, Rohit Kumar and Satyendra Kumar were shooting the wedding procession from a chair. “All of a sudden, Yadav and Kuldeep started misbehaving with the videographer’s team. They were unhappy with the angle the team was using to shoot the video. Soon, Yadav shot Rohit on his left knee and his colleague on the right leg,” the FIR read.

Yadav runs a private school, according to sources, and the wedding procession was passing through his property. “Our team is now searching for the two suspects. We have recovered the weapon used. The firearms license of the accused will be revoked,” SP Kumar added.

Meanwhile, Rohit’s relatives staged a protest against the local police on Friday. They alleged that the police “changed” their written complaint of FIR under IPC section 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) to “culpable homicide not amounting to murder”.