Ghaziabad Man Dies After Being Hit By Firecracker In Leg

The incident took place on the night of Diwali on Sunday, when the accused, Pradeep, fired a cracker from an iron pipe at the leg of Natu alias Afzal.

A man died after being shot in the leg with a firecracker gun in the Jhandapur locality of Ghaziabad's Sahibabad area, the police said. The incident occurred during Diwali celebrations (on Sunday night) when a man named Pradeep discharged a firecracker from an iron pipe, striking a man named Natu in the leg. Afzal died after Pradeep burst crackers in Ghaziabad.According to the police, at around 11 pm on 12.11.23, police received information from Jhandapur area police station Link Road that a person Pradeep son of Hareram was using a pipe firecracker.While driving it, Natu alias… pic.twitter.com/eQPDQlphxd दिनांक 12.11.23 की रात्रि लगभग 11 बजे झन्डा पुर क्षेत्र थाना लिंक रोड में पुलिस को एक सूचना प्राप्त हुई कि एक व्यक्ति प्रदीप पुत्र हरेराम के द्वारा पाइप वाला पटाखा प्रयुक्त किया जा रहा था | जिसको चलाते समय उसके सामने खड़े नाटू उर्फ़ अफजल के पैर में पीछे की ओर नस फट गयी...1/3 pic.twitter.com/xSZFKynWau

Natu was rushed to a hospital, where he died. Police have obtained the CCTV footage of the incident and booked Pradeep, who has been on the run since Sunday. Natu and Pradeep were known to each other, the police said on Monday.