<p> A 22-year-old dancer was shot dead on stage allegedly by a drunk man after he was not allowed to dance with her troupe in Punjab's Bathinda.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident happened last night during the marriage function of a local commission agent's son in Maur here where the deceased, identified as Kulwinder Kaur, was performing with her dance troupe.<br /><br />A group of the groom's friends, who were allegedly drunk, were firing in the air and tried to come on to the stage to join the dancers, police said.<br /><br />On being prevented from dancing on stage, one of the men from the group, Billa, allegedly opened fire with his .12 bore gun, hitting Kulwinder in her head.<br /><br />Video footage of the incident shows the victim being shot at from close range and collapsing to the ground.<br /><br />"She died on the way to hospital," Bathinda DSP (Maur) Davinder Singh said today.<br />A case of murder has been registered against four persons, including Billa, police said, adding that they are absconding.<br /><br />The other three are yet to be identified and investigation is underway, police said.</p>
<p> A 22-year-old dancer was shot dead on stage allegedly by a drunk man after he was not allowed to dance with her troupe in Punjab's Bathinda.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident happened last night during the marriage function of a local commission agent's son in Maur here where the deceased, identified as Kulwinder Kaur, was performing with her dance troupe.<br /><br />A group of the groom's friends, who were allegedly drunk, were firing in the air and tried to come on to the stage to join the dancers, police said.<br /><br />On being prevented from dancing on stage, one of the men from the group, Billa, allegedly opened fire with his .12 bore gun, hitting Kulwinder in her head.<br /><br />Video footage of the incident shows the victim being shot at from close range and collapsing to the ground.<br /><br />"She died on the way to hospital," Bathinda DSP (Maur) Davinder Singh said today.<br />A case of murder has been registered against four persons, including Billa, police said, adding that they are absconding.<br /><br />The other three are yet to be identified and investigation is underway, police said.</p>