Pregnant dancer is blasted to death with a shotgun at an Indian wedding

A pregnant girl was shot lifeless whereas on stage when she refused to bop with a drunken visitor throughout a marriage in India.

Kulvinder Kaur, 25, was shot with a 12-bore double barrel shotgun as she was performing along with her dance troupe on the marriage ceremony within the Punjab.

Kulvinder, who was two months pregnant, was shot within the head on Saturday evening and died in hospital within the city of Bathinda within the south of Punjab.

The lengthy barrel of the gun instantly emerges within the foreground as Kulvinder (proper, within the white gown) dances with different members of her troupe

The gunman seems to take purpose at Kulvinder seconds earlier than the blast

Kulvinder Kaur (pictured) labored as a dancer and choreographer, primarily at weddings

Her husband, Rajinder Singh, mentioned she labored as a dancer and choreographer, performing primarily at weddings.

Mr Singh claimed the killer, who was a buddy of the groom, had received drunk on the occasion and received offended when he and his buddies had been instructed they weren't allowed on stage to bop with Kulvinder and her troupe.

He instructed NDTV: 'They'd been asking her to get off the stage and be part of them... however she refused... so that they shot her.' 

A video of the incident, which was taken on a cell phone, reveals Kulvinder - in a white gown - and three different ladies dancing on stage.

Panic ensues as Kulvinder collapses to the ground after being shot at nearly level clean vary

All of the sudden the silhouette of a protracted gun emerges within the foreground and seems to be pointed straight at Kulvinder. Seconds later she collapses to the bottom, having been hit at just about level clean vary. 

However the Occasions of India urged the killing within the suburb of Maur Mandi might have been an accident, resulting from celebratory firing. 

The case has fuelled the controversy on India's gun drawback as firing within the air throughout weddings and different celebrations is customary in elements of north India, claiming many lives yearly.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Swapan Sharma, mentioned: 'A case has been registered in opposition to 4 individuals which incorporates the proprietor of the venue, a member of the family, the one that carried the gun and the shooter.

'The gun is owned by Sanjay Goyal, son of Vijay Goyal, who's a neighborhood politician. Sanjay was additionally current on the crime scene,' he mentioned. 

Superintendent Sharma mentioned: 'Raids are being performed to search out the shooter and the shut relations are being interrogated.'

Kulvinder's household mentioned the groom was the son of an necessary native politician and so they claimed the police solely reluctantly started an investigation after they protested within the streets.

No one current within the corridor is prepared to speak on the problem however no person can get away with homicide 

Nationwide Fee for Ladies chief Lalitha Kumaramangalam instructed Occasions Now: 'No one current within the corridor is prepared to speak on the problem however no person can get away with homicide.'

It's not clear who took the footage, which was captured on a cell phone digicam and later emerged on-line.   

In 1999 a mannequin, Jessica Lal, was shot lifeless at level clean when she refused to serve a drink to a person at a celebration in Haryana state. 

Manu Sharma, the son of a politician, was acquitted in 2006, just for his conviction to be overturned and he was finally jailed for all times.  

 

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