Uttar Pradesh: One individual was killed and 3 others injured when assailants reportedly opened fire inside a Durga Puja pandal in Ayodhya's Faizabad Kotwali area, the police said.

Senior Superintendent of Police Ayodhya Shailesh Pandey said that assailants arrived in two motorbikes at the Neel Godam puja pandal on Wednesday night and opened fire at the victim, Manjit Yadav, who died on the spot. It adds that 2 minor girls and a youth sitting beside him received bullet injuries and are being treated at a local hospital. 

A commotion broke out inside the pandal after the incident and the assailants left their bikes and fled the scene. Both have been referred to KGMU Trauma Centre in Lucknow. Pandey said that the deceased had an altercation with a person earlier in the day. Four teams have been set up to work out the incident at the earliest.  Meanwhile, ADG Lucknow Zone SN Sabat said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the incident was a fallout of a personal enmity.

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