An eve-teasing incident triggered a clash between two groups who opened fire at each other, injuring three persons, police said today
An eve-teasing incident triggered a clash between two groups who opened fire at each other, injuring three persons, police said today.
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The incident took place at Ganga Kartik Mela being organised in Garhmukteshwar, 80 kms from here, last night when one Rajiv allegedly passed derogatory remarks at a woman, they said.
Following the incident, Rajiv was attacked by a group while he was with his family in a tent, the police said, adding that both the groups exchanged fire resulting in injuries to the three persons.
The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, in a similar incident at the fair, an 18-year-old boy Praveen, a resident of Haryana, was stabbed by some persons for alleged eve-teasing.
He was rushed to Meerut Medical Collage where his condition was stated to be critical, police said.