May 02, 2018, 05:22PM IST

Source: Mirror Now

A groom was killed during celebratory firing at a wedding function in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. A video of the incident shows the accused, Ramchandra, firing two shots from ‘his licensed gun’ - when the first missed the groom, Sunil Verma, he fired another shot which hit Verma’s chest. Police have booked Ramchandra under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The accused, who is said to be a close friend of the groom, is absconding. Police said, ‘Prima facie it appears that the groom was killed during the celebratory firing, but police are probing other angles too.’