CHHAPRA: At least seven people were injured in alleged
celebratory firing during Chhath
festival at Mubarakhpur Ghat under the Manjhi police station area of
Chhapra
in Saran district on Friday.
The condition of two injured people is stated to be critical. They are undergoing treatment at
Patna
Medical College and Hospital (PMCH). A purported video of the incident has also gone viral on social media.
Saran civil surgeon Dr Madhveshwar Jha on Saturday said the left elbow of one of the two critically injured people was badly damaged from gunshot injury.
SHO of Manjhi police station Niraj Kumar Mishra said the incident took place when devotees were offering evening ‘arghya’ to Sun God at the ghat.
“One Pranav Kumar Singh had come to the ghat with an illegal firearm. While others were engaged in worshipping, Pranav loaded the firearm and fired few rounds in air, injuring seven devotees,” he said.
Mishra said all the injured people were rushed to Ekma primary health centre from where two critically injured devotees – Rohit Kumar and Ritik Kumar – were rushed to district sadar hospital before being shifted to PMCH.
The SHO said at least four criminal cases were lodged against Pranav with Manjhi police station. “He had come out of jail after securing bail just 12 days back,” he added.