Guns started booming at a wedding anniversary celebration in Rohtas district in Bihar when popular singer and dancer Sapna Choudhary from Haryana was performing on Wednesday evening.

The incident occurred at the open-air stage outside the house of former MLC Sunil Pandey at Nawadih in Rohtas.

Sanjay Choudhary

Video clips of the celebratory firing that is banned in the state went viral and police registered an FIR under the Arms Act and the Loudspeaker Act on Friday against Pandey, his son Vishal Kumar and an unidentified person.

Sanjay Choudhary

“We are investigating the case and will move to arrest the people involved. Celebratory firing is unlawful and has lead to several deaths in the state,” Rohtas superintendent of police Ashish Bharti said.