Man, 28, fatally shot in abdomen by brother-in-law

Pilibhit: A 28-year-old

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was fatally shot allegedly by his brother-in-law, 35, with a country-made pistol in the abdomen over a petty dispute in Kasganja village under Puranpur kotwali on Saturday morning.

The critically injured man was rushed to Puranpur community health centre, where doctors referred him to the Pilibhit district hospital after administering preliminary treatment.

In her complaint, accused Rahmat Shah’s stepdaughter Arshi stated that her mother Husn Ara had gone to attend a family function to the house of her maternal uncle on Thursday, which annoyed her stepfather.

“On Saturday morning when my mother returned to my stepfather’s house, he pointed a pistol at her. As my maternal uncle Ashfaq, too, arrived at the scene at that moment, my stepfather shot him in his abdomen in a fit of rage,” alleged Arshi.

SHO SK Singh said Rahmat Shah, who has been on the run, was booked under section 307 (attempt to kill) of the Indian Penal Code IPC.