Dehradun: At a dinner party hosted by an Uttarakhand minister in Dehradun, a Congress legislator named Pranav Champion allegedly opened fire, injuring two people last night.
The minister, senior Congressman Harak Singh Rawat, was irate and refused to comment. "I don't have any information. I was busy inside the house," he said.
A guest at the party said Mr Champion, who is the MLA from Khanpur, came out of his car as people were gathered for dinner and fired. "As he entered the party, he was told not to fire, but he fired four or five rounds inside. One bullet almost grazed past me," he said, touching his jaw and "thanking god" that he is unhurt.
But another person there was shot in the leg, the man said, and "Championji himself took him to hospital."
The police said two people were injured and both are in hospital. One of them, a local Congress leader called Vivekanand Khanduri said he was in no state to speak; doctors attending on him said he was brought bleeding and though x-rays showed no bullet lodged in his leg, there were what seemed to be entry and exit wounds.
The state BJP has asked for a thorough investigation and immediate action against Mr Champion.
A First Information Report or FIR has been registered, though no one has been named in it yet, according to sources.
The minister, senior Congressman Harak Singh Rawat, was irate and refused to comment. "I don't have any information. I was busy inside the house," he said.
A guest at the party said Mr Champion, who is the MLA from Khanpur, came out of his car as people were gathered for dinner and fired. "As he entered the party, he was told not to fire, but he fired four or five rounds inside. One bullet almost grazed past me," he said, touching his jaw and "thanking god" that he is unhurt.
The police said two people were injured and both are in hospital. One of them, a local Congress leader called Vivekanand Khanduri said he was in no state to speak; doctors attending on him said he was brought bleeding and though x-rays showed no bullet lodged in his leg, there were what seemed to be entry and exit wounds.
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A First Information Report or FIR has been registered, though no one has been named in it yet, according to sources.
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