This story is from June 19, 2021

Pratapgarh cops take U-turn, term killing of bride’s kin a celebratory firing case

After a gap of three days, Pratapgarh police on Friday took a U turn and claimed that it was, in fact, celebratory firing by the bride’s real brother that killed the bride’s cousin at Saraykher Kha, Lohartara village under Raniganj police station on the night of June 15.
Pratapgarh cops take U-turn, term killing of bride’s kin a celebratory firing case
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PRAYAGRAJ: After a gap of three days, Pratapgarh police on Friday took a U turn and claimed that it was, in fact, celebratory firing by the bride’s real brother that killed the bride’s cousin at Saraykher Kha, Lohartara village under Raniganj police station on the night of June 15.
Earlier, a day after the firing incident, the police had claimed that a jilted lover of the bride had attempted to kill the groom during the wedding, but the bullet missed the target and hit the bride’s cousin instead, who dies on the way to the hospital.

The police, on Wednesday, had also claimed to have detained the prime accused, identified as Vivek Singh, in connection with the killing of the bride’s cousin Prem Singh (38).
On Friday, Deputy SP (Raniganj) Dr Atul Anjan Tripathi told TOI that following the death of Prem Singh due to a gunshot injury, the father of the bride, Nigam Singh, had accused Vivek Singh and two others of killing him, and lodged an FIR under Sections 302, 34, 504 and 506 of IPC against them.
However, the DSP said, after a series of investigations, it came to light that the bride’s father had concealed facts related to the incident and intentionally named three other persons in the FIR to dodge police.
As per the latest investigations, said police, it was Vinay Singh, the bride’s real brother, who indulged in celebratory firing. He was firing the shots in celebration when a bullet hit Prem Singh and he died.

A team of police on Friday arrested the prime accused Vinay and his accomplices, Firoz and Sanjay Singh, all residents of Saraysher Kha, Lohartara village in connection with the firing incident.
Police have also seized a licensed revolver of .32 bore that was used in the firing, along with a cartridge, from their possession.
DSP Tripathi, meanwhile, said that Vinay had sent his friend Firoz to the house of another friend Sanjay Singh to bring his licensed weapon for celebratory firing during the wedding on Tuesday. The incident, as per police, took place when Vinay was busy in firing the shots when one of the bullets hit his cousin Prem’s back, leaving him grievously injured. Prem died on the way to the hospital.
Police said that the family members of bride had, in fact, concealed all the facts of the incident. Two hours after the incident, the family had concocted the story of the jilted lover and narrated it to the police.
Earlier, the police had detained a man named Vivek Singh based on the theory of the jilted lover. The police had even claimed that Vivek confessed that he was in love with the bride, and fired a shot targeting the groom in order to stop the wedding. However, he missed the the target and the bullet hit the bride’s cousin, the police had added.
After the latest investigations, Vivek was released.
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