- Footage shows the victim arguing with a man outside the gate of his home
- A gang of four attackers walk up and begin punching and kicking him
- The victim’s wife walks into the yard and brandishes a gun at the attacks
- The incident took place at the weekend in Lucknow, in Uttar Pradesh, India
A brave wife saved her husband from a savage beating by confronting a gang of thugs with a handgun.
The terrifying incident, which took place at the weekend in the city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India, was captured on CCTV.
The footage shows the victim arguing with a man at the gate to his home before a gang of four attackers walk up and begin punching and kicking the man.
One of them grabs a stack and begins to thrash the man on the ground.
This was the last straw for his wife, who walks into the courtyard brandishing a revolver.
The ringleader doesn’t take her seriously, until she raises the gun and points it at him.
The gang back away hurling chilling threats and insults – and then flee when she fires off a couple of rounds.
Masked men begin to set upon the man by beating and kicking him
Yet the man’s wife, wearing a polkadot shirt, comes out brandishing a gun and scares away the attackers
Her husband leaps to his feet and takes the legally-obtained gun from her, but the thugs are long gone.
The wife’s heroic actions have seen her dubbed ‘Revolver Rani’ – Rani means ‘queen’ in Hindu – by the Indian media.
The victim suffered injuries on his back, arms and head.
Cops in Lucknow initially downplayed the incident as a row between and a landlord and tenants but have now launched an investigation after the footage emerged.
The attackers retreat as he husband gingerly makes his way back to his feet