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Film theatre firing: Two teams to nab absconding accused

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Haveri:  Two teams have been formed to arrest the absconding accused, who opened fire at a moviegoer at a screening of ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ at the Rajashree cinema in Shiggaon on the night of Tuesday April 19.

According to sources, the team has both forensic experts and a canine unit who are inspecting the scene.

According to police, Vasanth Kumar had come to watch ‘KGF Chapter 2’ with his four friends. He was hit by two bullets in abdomen and thigh. The miscreant had fired three bullets from a revolver. The quarrel started over the matter of the accused putting his leg on the seat of the victim.

When he questioned him on this when the movie was on, a verbal duel broke out between them and the miscreant who had also come with his friends took out his revolver and shot the victim.

The audience were shellshocked by the incident and had run out of the theatre fearing for their lives.

The owner of Rajashree theatre Vikram Desai, explained that he had seen audience quarrelling for chewing gutka, smoking cigarettes inside theatre and people also have quarrelled in an inebriated state, but he said “I have not seen those who came for entertainment indulging in acts such as shootout.”

Haveri district SP Hanumantaraya explained that the miscreant is 25 to 30 years of age. He had shot one bullet upwards and two on the victim. The teams are gathering inputs and will secure the accused and his associates soon. Further investigation is on.

Inputs from IANS

 

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