Celebratory firing: 7-year-old girl dies in Gwalior

Gwalior, Feb 14: A seven-year-old girl died in celebratory firing during a wedding in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.

A bullet hit Sejal Jadon (7) in stomach when some people fired in the air during a wedding in Old Gwalior area in the early hours yesterday, said police inspector M M Malviya.

The girl was sitting in a chair at the wedding venue when the bullet hit her. Inspector Malviya said that police have registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304 of the IPC against an unidentified person. Police were trying to identify the culprit, he added.

PTI