Pregnant dancer shot dead at marriage function

A 24-year-old dancer of an orchestra group was shot dead by a drunk guest at a marriage function in Maur town of India late Saturday night.

The guest allegedly shot Kulwinder Kaur in the head when the troupe stopped a group of men from dancing with them on stage.

The incident occurred when the orchestra group from Sardulgarh was performing at the wedding of a local commission agent Narinder Kumar’s son.

India Times reports according to eyewitnesses that, some guests at the function wanted to join the four dancers on stage but they were not allowed by the orchestra group. Angry over this, one of the guests, Lucky Goyal, who was allegedly drunk, fired at the dancers with his .12 bore gun, killing Kulwinder on the spot.

Police identified the killer of  the woman from the CCTV footage at the venue.

The report also said the owner of the Ashirwad marriage palace, Jagsir Singh had been arrested for allowing weapons on the premises.

The victim’s husband Rajinder Singh said, “Narinder Kumar had booked the orchestra party for the marriage of his son. Some persons were dancing and tried to go on stage but were stopped. Lucky Goyal, who was also stopped, fired at Kulwinder. The bullet hit her in the head.”

Kulwinder was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead.