INDORE: A woman was killed when her husband, a police constable, opened celebratory fire during a marriage ceremony at a village in

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on Monday.

Police constable Aap Singh, a former army man posted at Rajgarh police station in Dhar district, was attending his brother-in-law’s marriage in Gopalpura Paladi area of Jhabua, when the incident took place, Kalidevi police told TOI.

The accused was dancing to the tune of drums and firing in the air with his 12-bore licenced rifle, when he stopped to reload the weapon. As he reloaded and clamped the locks of the barrel, a shot was fired hitting his wife, Rajani, 30, squarely on the body, they said.

Panic broke out as Rajani fell on the ground bleeding. People rushed her to a hospital in Sardarpur area, from where she was referred to Bhoj Hospital in Dhar.

Dr Giriraj Bhurre, who examined Rajani when she was brought to Dhar, told reporters that the woman had died while being shifted from Sardarpur.

A pall of gloom fell on Rajani’s family as the marriage celebrations came to end. Her relatives later took possession of the body from Bhoj Hospital.

Kalidevi police said a case was registered against Aap Singh, who was yet to be arrested.

Dhar police said Aap Singh was last deployed at Mandu, where actor Salman Khan was shooting Dabang 3. After the task was over, he had left for the

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Aap Singh, who hailed from Santia Todi village of Rajgarh district, had retired from the army and joined the police force.