In a bizarre act of rage, a 17-year-old slum dweller who gatecrashed a wedding ceremony in search of food was allegedly shot dead by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) head constable in Delhi's Shahdara, on Sunday.
According to police officials, the incident occurred on Saturday evening during a wedding procession (baraat) near the community centre at DDA market in Mansarovar Park.The police received information about the shooting from a passerby and reached the spot, the officer said.
"Preliminary inquiry revealed that the juvenile, a resident of New Modern Shahdara, sustained a gunshot injury during the celebration. He was rushed to Hedgewar Hospital, where doctors declared him dead," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shahdara, Prashant Gautam said in a statement.
The accused was identified as a CISF head constable, posted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, he said. "He was traced and apprehended. A pistol suspected to have been used in the incident was seized from his possession," the officer added.
Initial investigation suggests the firing was not pre-planned nor was there any other intent in committing the act of crime but it all happened during a sudden altercation between the teenager and the accused at the venue, the police said.
"We got to know that the victim came to eat food after he witnessed a function was going on. He jumped a wall and was initially stopped by some locals. The CISF head constable was also there, and in a fit of rage, he pulled out a gun and shot him dead," a police officer said.
The body has been sent for a post-mortem, and the accused is being interrogated to ascertain the sequence of events and whether the weapon was a service firearm or a personal weapon, the police added.Further legal proceedings, including verification of firearm licences and forensic examination of the seized pistol, are underway.
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