16-year-old girl shot and injured in Greater Noida, police suspect father
Hindustan TimesA 16-year-old girl sustained pellet wounds to her face on Saturday night in a locality in Dankaur, Greater Noida, allegedly in an incident of random shooting, police said on Monday, adding that the matter was reported to the police by the girl’s father, who has since gone absconding, prompting the police to treat him as a suspect in the case. “The girl’s father, Rahees Khan, came to the Dankaur police station and alleged that a young man from the village shot his daughter on Saturday night. Later during investigation, when a police team reached the village and inquired, it was found that on Saturday night, the father and the daughter had an argument over her relations with her distant cousin Sameer, said ADCP Kumar. On Saturday night, the two had argument at their house, following which he fired upon his daughter and later submitted a complaint to the police to implicate Sameer and his relatives in the matter,” said Kumar, adding that Khan works as a daily wage labourer and is separated from his wife.