Three bullets in head, woman drives 7 km to police station

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, January 16

A 42-year-old woman, with three bullets in her head and one in the face, drove seven km to a police station from her home in the district’s Sammewali village on Wednesday to register a complaint against her nephew, who allegedly shot at her and her mother over a land dispute. The accused is a minor and student of Class X.

He allegedly shot at his aunt Sumeet Kaur, a divorcee, and her 65-year-old mother Sukhbinder Kaur at their home in the morning. Sukhbinder sustained two bullet injuries in the thighs.

From the police station, Sumeet called an ambulance. She and her mother were first taken to the local Civil Hospital, from where they were shifted to a private hospital.

A doctor in the private hospital was shocked to learn that Sumeet drove seven km with bullet injuries. “It is surprising that she was still in her senses,” he said.

Doctors have pulled out the bullets, and discharged Sumeet and her mother. Sumeet is embroiled in a land dispute with her brother Harinder Singh, who lives in Muktsar. “After the death of my father, my mother and I got 16 acres out total 40-acre agricultural land. My brother was earlier giving us money for leasing out 13 acres. But now, he wants to grab the entire land,” she claimed.

She alleged her brother and his son had earlier, too, tried to kill her. “On Tuesday, my nephew came to my home and stayed with us for the night. The next morning, I was in the kitchen when he fired at me. On hearing the gunshots, my mother rushed towards the kitchen. My nephew fired two bullets in her legs and fled,” Sumeet said.

“I summoned courage and drove up to the police station with my mother,” she added.

A case against the minor boy and his father under Sections 307 and 120-B of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act.

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