Gujarat: Woman killed in celebratory firing at wedding

A 28-year-old married woman was today killed allegedly in a celebratory firing during a wedding at Rampara village of Gadhada tehsil in Botad district , police said.

Nita Gohil, died shortly after she was referred at a government hospital in Gadhada town this afternoon, said Gadhada police sub-inspector R B Karmatiya.

Gohil, a resident of Devdhari village, was part of the groom's procession which arrived at Rampara village, he said.

"As the groom's procession arrived, someone fired one round from his gun to celebrate the moment. Eye witnesses claimed that a person in the crowd first loaded his gun and tried to fire in the air. However, the gun went off much earlier. As a result, one bullet pierced into Gohil's back," the officer added.

Though she was rushed to a nearby government hospital in Gadhada, she eventually died of fatal injury, the official said.

"We have lodged an FIR under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of IPC against the unidentified person for causing death of the woman through negligent act," added Karmatiya.

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