Report from New Delhi, India says, Police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh are on the lookout for a woman who fired a gun at her wedding.
A video on social media showed the woman firing four rounds into the air while sitting next to her husband.
According to the Times of India newspaper, the video of the bride was recorded by a relative, who also posted it on social media.
Local police said the Woman has been missing since the incident adding that she was “absconding” because she feared arrest.
Report says celebratory gunfire during weddings is common in some northern Indian states and often cause injuries and even accidental deaths.
According to Indian law, anyone who uses a firearm “in a rash or negligent manner or in celebratory gunfire”, putting others in danger, could face a jail term or a fine or both.
Last week, a viral video from the western state of Maharashtra showed a sparkle gun backfiring in a bride’s face while she and her husband were posing with them for wedding photos.
Source: BBC/SG.
