This Article is From Dec 20, 2010

Mother, son injured in celebratory firing

Ghaziabad: A five-year-old boy and his mother were injured in celebratory firing during an engagement ceremony at Gobindpuri.

Rajnai (28) and her son, residents of Meerut town, were hit by stray bullets when one of their relative fired in the air with his country made pistol to mark the engagement function, they said.

Both were rushed to a private nursing home in Meerut, where their condition is said to be stable, they said.

Meanwhile, the victims' family has not lodged a formal complaint in the incident, police said.
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