Ludhiana, Nov. 10 -- Three gunfire-related incidents were reported in different parts of the city on Diwali night, leaving an eight-year-old boy injured by a stray bullet. Bullets also hit a former councillor's car and a shell landed near two teenage girls sitting on the rooftop of their house.

In the first incident, an eight-year-old boy, identified as Krishan, who lives with his family in a shanty near the grain market on Gill Road, sustained a bullet injury in his stomach while sleeping inside the makeshift dwelling.

His mother, Deepa, said she was preparing dinner when she suddenly heard her son screaming in pain. She rushed inside and noticed an injury on his stomach. On examining it closely, she realised that he had been hit by a ...