3 weeks ago
Hisar police deny Kanwariya firing rumours after airgun injuries
People in a city called Hisar heard a scary rumour that some Kanwariyas had been hurt by gunfire.
The police said that rumour was not true.
What actually happened, they say, is that a mother, a father, and their little daughter were hurt by tiny pellets from an airgun.
Three young men riding a motorcycle fired the airgun.
The family was not the target - the police say it was just a random act.
The injured people live in Hisar and were taken to a hospital.
They are in a stable condition, and their injuries were not life-threatening.
The police have detained four people while they keep investigating.
The police chief, Siddhant Jain, wants everyone to know that none of the injured people was a Kanwariya.
Hisar police dismissed as fake rumours that Kanwariyas were attacked in a firing incident.
A couple and their minor daughter were injured by airgun pellets fired by three bike-borne youths from Bihar.
Superintendent of Police Siddhant Jain said none of the injured was a Kanwariya.
The incident occurred Wednesday evening under the jurisdiction of the Urban Estate police station in Hisar.
Four persons have been detained, and police described the firing as a random act not targeting the family.
- Who
- Hisar Superintendent of Police Siddhant Jain, a couple and their minor daughter from Hisar, and three bike-borne youths from Bihar, with four people detained.
- What
- Police denied rumours that Kanwariyas were attacked, saying a family was injured by airgun pellets in a random act.
- Where
- Hisar, under the jurisdiction of the Urban Estate police station.
- When
- Wednesday evening.
- Why
- Police described the firing as a random act, stating the family was not the target.
Community rumours
Police account
Attack on Kanwariyas
Community rumours
Rumours spread in the area claimed that Kanwariyas were attacked or fired upon in Hisar.
Police account
Police said none of the injured was a Kanwariya and that the airgun firing was a random act that struck a local family.
Key facts
- Incident
- Airgun firing injured a couple and their minor daughter
- Location
- Hisar, under Urban Estate police station jurisdiction
- Date
- Wednesday evening
- Injured
- Three people, all residents of Hisar
- Condition
- Stable, no life-threatening injuries
- Suspects
- Three bike-borne youths from Bihar; four persons detained
- Police response
- Rumours of an attack on Kanwariyas called fake
- Officer quoted
- SP Siddhant Jain
Quotes
Siddhant Jain
Hisar Superintendent of Police
“The incident took place on Wednesday evening under the jurisdiction of the Urban Estate police station. None of the injured was a Kanwariya. ”
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