<p>In a shocking incident, a woman was shot in the face, when she topped dancing despite being asked to continue at a wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, about 325 kilometres from here.</p>.<p>Though the incident had occurred a few days back, it came to light on Friday after a video showing the purported shooting went viral on the social networking sites.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, the woman and her co-performer were dancing at the wedding of the daughter of a village panchayat chief at Tikri village in the district, when the incident occurred.</p>.<p>Sources said that the dancer stopped midway her performance after she felt uneasy. Some people in the audience were heard asking the dancer not to stop.</p>.<p>One of them was also heard warning the dancer that she could be fired at if she stopped. Another person was heard egging on someone to actually fire.</p>.<p>The woman was seen falling on the floor after being shot. Sources said that the person, who had fired the shot, was a member of the village panchayat chief's family. </p>.<p>Sources said that the many in the audience were in an inebriated state.</p>.<p>The dancer was admitted to the hospital, where her condition was stated to be critical. Police said that a case was registered in this connection and efforts were on to nab the culprit. </p>
<p>In a shocking incident, a woman was shot in the face, when she topped dancing despite being asked to continue at a wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, about 325 kilometres from here.</p>.<p>Though the incident had occurred a few days back, it came to light on Friday after a video showing the purported shooting went viral on the social networking sites.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, the woman and her co-performer were dancing at the wedding of the daughter of a village panchayat chief at Tikri village in the district, when the incident occurred.</p>.<p>Sources said that the dancer stopped midway her performance after she felt uneasy. Some people in the audience were heard asking the dancer not to stop.</p>.<p>One of them was also heard warning the dancer that she could be fired at if she stopped. Another person was heard egging on someone to actually fire.</p>.<p>The woman was seen falling on the floor after being shot. Sources said that the person, who had fired the shot, was a member of the village panchayat chief's family. </p>.<p>Sources said that the many in the audience were in an inebriated state.</p>.<p>The dancer was admitted to the hospital, where her condition was stated to be critical. Police said that a case was registered in this connection and efforts were on to nab the culprit. </p>
