Nasheman News : A 10-year-old girl was allegedly shot by a middle-aged man when she asked him if his gun was real or a toy in Paltha village of Sambhal district on Tuesday evening. The accused man was arrested by police and sent to jail on Wednesday and the injured girl is undergoing treatment.
The minor girl’s father, Ajay Pal Maurya, and mother were working in the fields when the girl and her brother were playing in a nearby ground, according to a report in The Times of India. The girl asked the accused, who was identified as Vidya Ram, if the gun he was carrying was a toy after which he aimed the gun at her and pulled the trigger.
Reportedly, the bullet injured the girl’s right hand and stomach. Maurya rushed to the spot to find his daughter lying on the ground while Ram had fled. The minor girl was shifted to a community hospital nearby where is being administered treatment. The doctors said that the girl is out of danger.
Brijendra Singh, station house officer, Kurh Fatehgarh, said that after the girl’s father filed a complaint, the police started a search operation to catch the accused. A tip-off helped the police trace Ram at a barber shop at Khataita tri-junction area. On reaching the barber’s shop, the police arrested the accused and seized his gun. An FIR has been lodged against Ram under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
