Dancer shot dead by drunk man at wedding in Punjab

A 22-year-old dancer was shot dead on stage allegedly by a drunk man after he was not allowed to dance with her troupe in Punjab’s Bathinda district. The incident happened on Saturday night during the marriage function of a local commission agent’s son in Maur here where the deceased, identified as Kulwinder Kaur, was performing with her dance troupe.

THE 25-YR-OLD VICTIM WAS SHOT DEAD BY THE ACCUSED AFTER HE WAS STOPPED FROM GOING ONTO THE STAGE AND DANCING WITH WOMEN

BATHINDA: A 25-year-old artiste was allegedly shot dead while she was performing late on Saturday by a reportedly inebriated man at a wedding in Maur, 37 kilometers from Punjab’s Bathinda.

A Shiromani Akali Dal leader’s son, who owned the gun and had also been attending the wedding, was among five people booked by police on charges of murder and under the arms act.

Rajinder Singh, the husband of the victim Kulwinder Kaur, said his wife was shot by Lucky Goyal when he was stopped from going onto the stage and dancing with the women.

A video of the moment spread quickly on the internet, showing Kaur immediately collapsing after being shot in the head from the 12-bore double barrel gun.

Several other people were also seen firing in the air during the celebrations, as is customary in parts of north India.

“The gun is owned by Sanjay Goyal, son of Vijay Goyal. Sanjay was present at the crime scene but Vijay was not there,” said SSP Bathinda Swapan Sharma.

Though Rajinder Singh husband of deceased said that his wife was three months pregnant Dr Ajay Gupta who conducted autopsy said that he didn’t find any evidence to suggest that woman was pregnant.

Following the shooting, the members of the wedding orchestra staged a protest, prompting the marriage ceremony to be held under police protection.

Relatives of the killed woman also staged a protest outside the Bathinda civil hospital on Sunday morning demanding the arrest of the suspects, who had fled from after the shooting.