Overview

• Avneesh Kumar, 23, was shot during a feast at his son’s naming ceremony in Mohanpur village in Shahjahanpur district late Thursday night.
• Police said the village headman, Sukhdev, arrived uninvited and fired two rounds, and one bullet struck the host.
• Guests and family members overpowered the suspect and beat him, and he was later admitted to a hospital in serious condition.
• Doctors declared Avneesh dead at the hospital, and his body has been sent for a forensic post-mortem examination.
• Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi briefed PTI on the incident, and investigators are pursuing witness statements and the recovery of the firearm.