SHAHJAHANPUR: A
woman shot her neighbour
when she found that the
latter’s buffalo had defecated
outside the door of her house,
in Ashrafpur village
, on Friday morning. The victim was fortunate enough to receive a
bullet injury on her thigh
and has survived.
Rekha Pathak had tied her buffalo outside her neighbour Baby Pathak’s house, where the buffalo had defecated. On seeing this, Baby Pathak flew into a rage and started shouting at Rekha. Rekha screamed back and the situation got worse when their husbands, who had come out of their houses to control the situation, got involved and all of them started abusing each other. While this was happening, Baby
brought a pistol
from her house and shot Rekha. For a while everyone was shocked. Rekha was immediately rushed to the community health centre by her husband Jitendra Pathak while Baby ran away from the spot with her husband Rajesh Pathak.
Station officer of Allahaganj police station, Ashutosh Singh, said, "We have filed an FIR against Baby and her husband and soon they will be arrested. The condition of the victim is stable and there is no threat to her life. We have spoken to the local villagers to enquire about the incident."