Celebratory firing shatters 12th-floor window in Gurugram; narrow escape for family

A wedding procession, reaching a banquet hall near the society, fired multiple rounds in the air. One of the bullets shattered the balcony window and entered the apartment.

Published on: Dec 6, 2025, 07:09:17 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Gurugram: A family living in ILD Grand society, Sector 37C, had a narrow escape on Thursday night after a bullet from a celebratory firing pierced the balcony window of their 12th-floor apartment, police said on Friday.

Forensic experts have seized the pellet. It appears to have been fired from a small firearm, police said. (HT photo)

According to police, the incident took place in Tower-C between 10.30pm and 10.45pm when a wedding procession, reaching a banquet hall near the society, fired multiple rounds in the air. One of the bullets shattered the balcony window and entered the apartment.

Sandeep Hooda, estate manager of ILD Grand, said a woman living in the flat had stepped inside moments before the glass broke. “She had gone to the balcony to collect clothes. Soon after she left the balcony, the window panes shattered. The family found a pellet inside and alerted the police,” he said.

An RWA member said, “The bullet entered the apartment after shattering the glass, terrifying the family,” he said.

Inspector Kuldeep, station house officer of Sector 10 police station, said an FIR under the Arms Act has been registered on the complaint of the flat owner, Surpreet, 34, against unidentified suspects.

“Forensic experts have seized the pellet. It appears to have been fired from a small firearm,” he said, adding that multiple teams have been formed to identify and arrest the person who fired the shot.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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