India, Dec. 6 -- 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.

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 p...