A 17-year-old boy, who had scaled a wall to pick his ball up, was fired at by a security guard.
Arvind Kumar, the 17-year-old boy, scaled the boundary wall of a businessman’s house to search for a ball in Lucknow’s Gorakhnath area on Monday morning. The personal guard on duty, opened fire on him. He was shot in the head by the guard, Sumit Singh, with his double-barrel rifle. Arvind was rushed to BRD Medical College from where he was referred to Lucknow’s SGPGI in a critical condition.
The businessman on whose property the shootout happened, has been identified as Chandra Prakash Aggarwal, a top businessman of Lucknow, who owns the manufacturing unit of Gallant Sariya in Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority.
“We were playing outside his premises and the ball went into the building. As Arvind climbed the boundary wall, the guard opened fire at him. Hearing the gunshot, locals rushed to the spot and tried to catch the accused but he managed to escape,” an eye witness said.
SHO Gorakhnath said, “We have registered a case against the accused on the basis of complaint filed by the victim’s father. The law will take its course.”
According to reports, the victim had passed his Class XII exam and ran a vegetable shop. The police are investigating the case.