Overview
- Police say a woman watching from her grandfather’s rooftop in Meerut’s Shyam Nagar was fatally hit by a bullet during celebratory firing at a wedding procession on Monday night.
- CCTV footage identified a youth named Saqib as firing a shot, leading to his arrest that night and recovery of the weapon.
- Based on a complaint by the victim’s father, the FIR names groom Suhail, his brother Saqib, their father Haji Shahnavaz, and 20–25 unidentified persons.
- The groom and other family members are reported to have fled, and multiple teams are working to trace the remaining suspects.
- Senior officers said investigators are determining whether the firearms were licensed, with cancellation of any misused licenses under consideration.