Shahdol (MP): An eight-year-old girl was shot at and injured on Wednesday by a person allegedly peeved over her for pouring colour over him on the occasion of Holi at Parmaniya Khurd village, police said.
Shelly Gupta suffered bullet injuries in both her legs when a fisherman, Mohammad Rashid of Singpur village, opened fire with his gun at a group of children celebrating Holi as they had supposedly sprayed him with colours, Kotwali Police Station In-charge Vijay Pratap Singh told PTI.
She was admitted to the Shahdol District Hospital for treatment where her condition was stated to be out of danger,
he said.
Hearing gunshots, the villagers gathered and beat up Rashid and later handed him over to police, Singh said.
A case has been registered against the accused, Pratap added
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