GHAZIABAD: A 17-year-old lady was allegedly shot at by her teen brother following a spat at their home in Kavi Nagar.
The lady’s mother and father, police mentioned, tried to mislead the investigation, saying their daughter had been attacked by miscreants exterior their home.
Police initiated a probe into the case after authorities on the personal hospital, the place the injured lady was taken, knowledgeable them. The lady was admitted with a bullet wound under the left shoulder.
A workforce from the Kavi Nagar police station visited the hospital and interacted with the lady’s mother and father.
“They tried to mislead us. In response to them, their daughter, who research in Class 12, was shot at by two bike-borne miscreants simply 200 metres from their home whereas she was on her method to college, ” mentioned Abhishek Srivastava, ACP (Kavi Nagar) on Friday.
An FIR was registered towards unidentified individuals beneath Part 307 (try and homicide) of the IPC and a probe initiated.
Cops questioned the neighbours, however none of them corroborated the mother and father’ declare. The CCTV footage didn’t present any assault both.
“So, we questioned the lady’s mother and father and her brother. After an intensive questioning, the lady’s brother broke down and admitted that he had shot at her in a match of rage. He’s a minor and has been detained, ” Srivastava mentioned.
Police have recovered the country-made pistol from which the bullet was fired. The cops are looking for out how a gun made its manner into the home.
“The boy is just 15. He mentioned he discovered the gun on the home itself. We have to discover out who introduced the gun. Applicable sections shall be added to the FIR after the sequence of occasions is evident, ” mentioned Srivastava.