20-year-old youth shot dead in celebratory firing in Bhavnagar

Rajkot: Attending the wedding of his cousin turned out to be fatal for a 20-year-old youth when a bullet carelessly fired by a participant got lodged in the head of Priyarajsinh Jadeja at Pachhegam village of Vallabhipur taluka in Bhavnagar district on Saturday.
The celebratory firing during a marriage ceremony also scorched the eardrum of another 22-year-old youth.
Police said the accused, identified as Vishwarajsinh Gohil, fired one round from his revolver, while there a garba dance programme was going on in the village.
“The bullet whizzed past the ear of Shaktisinh Jadeja, burning his eardrum and then got lodged in the head of Priyarajsinh Jadeja,” said M D Makwana, sub-inspector with Vallabhipur police station.
The victims were from Piparadi village of Lodhika taluka in Rajkot district. They had come to Pachhegam village to attend the wedding of their cousin Dharmarajsinh Gohel.
Priyarajsinh was rushed to Sir T Hospital in Bhavnagar where he was declared dead.
“We have launched a manhunt for Vishwarajsinh who has gone absconding after the crime. We suspect that the revolver he had used had no license,” added Makwana.