AYODHYA: One person was killed and three were injured when some miscreants opened fire inside a Durga Puja pandal in Faizabad Kotwali area of Ayodhya late on Wednesday evening.
According to SSP, Ayodhya, Shailesh Pandey, miscreants arrived in three vehicles at Korkhana, Neel Godam puja pandal and opened fire at one Manjit Yadav, who died on the spot.
Two girls and a youth sitting beside him also received bullet injuries and are being treated at a local hospital. Both are said to be out of danger, but have been referred to the Trauma Centre of KGMU in Lucknow, Pandey said.
As a commotion broke out inside the pandal after the firing, the miscreants left their vehicles and fled the scene. Both the vehicles have been seized and one suspect has been apprehended and is being interrogated.
ADG, Lucknow Zone, SN Sabat, told TOI that the investigations have so far revealed that the incident was a fallout of a personal enmity. Pandey said that Yadav had an altercation with a person earlier in the day.
