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32-year-old drug-addict shot dead by father in UP's Shahjahanpur

A 32-year-old drug addict died after being shot during a scuffle with his father, who had allegedly brought out a gun to scare his son in the Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, a police official said.

Shahjahanpur (UP) | A 32-year-old drug addict died after being shot during a scuffle with his father, who had allegedly brought out a gun to scare his son in the Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, a police official said.

Retired accountant Omkar Gangwar's (67) son Harshvardhan Gangwar (32), who lived in the Tilhar town, was a drug addict. On Monday night, he allegedly had an altercation with his father, after which Harshvardhan ran after him with a hammer, Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Diksha Bhavare told PTI.

The ASP (rural) said that following this, the father brought out the gun in anger and in the scuffle between the two, a bullet was fired which hit Harshvardhan. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Police have sent the body for post-mortem examination, and further legal action is being taken in the case.

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