BAREILLY: A 22-year-old youth received bullet wounds allegedly during celebratory firing at the marriage ceremony of the district president of Samajwadi Party’s youth wing on Tuesday. Doctors had to operate on the youth for three hours to remove the bullet from his body.

According to reports, marriage ceremony of corporator and president of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, Gaurav Saxena, was being hosted at the banquet hall of another prominent SP leader Anil Sharma at Mini Bypass, when the incident took place.

At around 10.30 pm some guests, in an inebriated condition, allegedly came out dancing from the hall and started firing in the air. A bullet accidentally hit a bystander, Ayush, who is a resident of Shastri Nagar and son of a bank employee. He immediately fell down bleeding profusely. Passersby rushed him to a private hospital where doctors conducted an emergency operation to remove the bullet.

Doctors at the private hospital informed Prem Nagar police station about the incident but no FIR was registered. It was only after the matter was brought to the notice of SP, City, that a team of police officials were sent to the site of the incident.

Talking to TOI, Rajeev Malhotra, SP (city), said, “We are investigating the matter and if charges are found true, action will be taken against the people who resorted to firing in the air.”

On the other hand, SP leader and party spokesperson, Sanjeev Yadav denied the charges and said it is an attempt by some vested interest to spread false propaganda against party leaders.

