Woman shot at after argument over sharing pizzas in Delhi; 4 held
New Delhi, Oct 17: A woman was shot at by her sister-in-law's brother following a heated argument over sharing pizzas in northeast Delhi's Welcome area, police said on Thursday.
Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place on Wednesday night, they said.
The matter came to light after Seelampur police station received information from GTB Hospital that a woman, Saadma, was brought to the facility with a gunshot injury, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Rakesh Paweria said.
"Initial investigation revealed that the victim's brother-in-law Zeeshan brought pizzas for the entire family on Wednesday. He gave them to everyone in the family, including Saadma, the wife of his younger brother Javed," the DCP said.
Zeeshan's wife Saadiya, who had a dispute with Saadma, got upset over her husband sharing food with her sister-in-law and this led to a fight between the three, the officer said.
"At night, Saadiya called her four brothers -- Muntahir (35), Tafseer (28), Shahzad (22) and Gulrej (31) -- to her home. Her brothers had an argument with her in-laws. During the argument, Muntahir fired a shot and the bullet hit Saadma," the DCP said.
Saadma sustained a bullet injury in her stomach and is undergoing treatment at the GTB Hospital. Her condition is stated to be stable, he said.
The police have arrested Muntahir, Tafseer, Shahzad and Gulrej, and recovered one pistol, four live cartridges and one empty shell from them, he added.
"We are probing the matter from all angles. We are recording statements of the family members. Further investigation is underway," the officer said.
Describing the incident, one of the victim's family members said Zeeshan was distributing food when Saadiya allegedly objected.
"A fight erupted between Zeeshan, Saadiya and Saadma. Saadiya started smashing Saadma's head against the wall. She then left from there and called in her brothers who came from Ghaziabad. Her brothers abused all the family members and one of them shot Saadma," he said.
Listening to the gunshots, many neighbours gathered at the spot and locked Saadiya's brothers in a room, which led to their arrest.
"One of the accused who had a pistol tried to run away and opened fire in the air to create terror, but was overpowered by the local residents," the victim's relative added.
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Nitish Kumar's son Nishant among 32 to take oath as Bihar ministers
Patna (PTI): In a major expansion of the Cabinet of Bihar's first BJP-led government, JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar and 31 others took oath as ministers on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Altogether 32 leaders, drawn from all constituents of the five-party NDA in the state, were administered the oath of office by Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain at a grand ceremony that was also attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Health Minister J P Nadda and BJP president Nitin Nabin.
Prominent inductees included Nishant Kumar, the son of JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, who stepped down as chief minister last month to enter the Rajya Sabha.
The BJP, which is the single largest party in the 243-member assembly with 89 MLAs, has 15 ministers, who took oath on Thursday.
Most of the inductees were those who were part of the Nitish Kumar cabinet formed in November last year after the NDA stormed back to power in the assembly polls.
The JD(U) is represented by a total of 15 ministers, 13 of whom took the oath at the Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav had taken oath in April along with Samrat Choudhary and were designated as deputy chief ministers.
Sanjay Kumar Singh and Sanjay Kumar Paswan, both from the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) headed by Union minister Chirag Paswan, are back as ministers, and so are Santosh Kumar Suman and Deepak Prakash, sons of Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi of the Hindustani Awam Morcha and Upendra Kushwaha of the Rashtriya Lok Morcha, respectively.
