Caught on camera: Groom’s father killed in wedding firing in Ujjain (video)

March 28, 2016, NewsCrunch

Celebratory firing turned into tragedy at a wedding in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, when the groom’s father was accidentally shot dead.

A video shared by ANI shows a group of men carelessly test firing their weapons to prepare for the wedding procession. A man, later identified as the groom’s father, walks into the frame and collapses after being shot.

To add to the horror, some of the men with gun are so engrossed with their weapons, they take some time to realise that a man has been shot dead.

The incident occurred in the Badnagar area of Ujjain and the video has gone viral.

Firing during celebrations such as wedding is a popular though controversial custom in many states of India. Many communities resort to it to signal their dominance in the area at the cost of frequent casualties.

This month in Meerutand Baghpat districts of Uttar Pradesh, a 16-year-old girl was wounded and another man was killed respectively, in celebratory firing.

Last month, an eight-year-old boy lost his life in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh this year when Samajwadi Party workers opened fire to celebrate their victory in a local poll.