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Noida mall shooting: Three men open fire in parking lot after fight; arrested

Noida mall shooting: Three men open fire in parking lot after fight; arrested

Noida mall shooting

A brawl between two groups at a prominent mall in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida led to a firing incident on Sunday night (Sep 22).

The police arrested three men in connection to the shooting incident that took place in the parking lot of Gardens Galleria Mall in Sector 39, Noida.

Thethree men, hailing from Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, went to a party at the Oscar resto-bar in the mall. The men were intoxicated and had a fight with another group during the party. According to Manish Mishra, the additional deputy commissioner of police in Noida, the altercation moved to the parking lot, where shots were fired.

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The additional deputy commissioner also said that the Noida Police have arrested the three menand recovered the weapon used.

“Three people have been arrested and the illegal weapon used in the firing has been recovered by the police. FIR has been registered at Sector 39 police station,” said Mishra.

"In a mall which falls under the Sector 39 police station area, a dispute erupted between two groups over some issue. In the mall's parking lot, both the groups started fighting in which a youth fired shots. Police reached the spot and started the investigation and three youths have been arrested and weaponwasrecovered," a police official said.

Though no one was injured in the firing, the cops are in the process of registering an FIR. The reason for the fight is not known yet.

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This is not the first time that incidents of violence have occurred at resto-barsin Noida. Several such brawls have led to firing incidents in Noida, raisingconcerns about law and order.

An accidental firing involving two police constables was reported recently from the Gardens Galleria mall. In early September, a violent fight broke out at the 'F Bar & Lounge' bar in Gardens Galleria Mall between two groups.

(With inputs from agencies)