In two separate incidents of accidental gunshot fire on Saturday, a constable of India Reserve Battalion (IRB) died on the spot while four others were seriously injured in Chandigarh. In the first incident early morning, Sukhdev Singh, Constable of IRB, died in the accidental fire when he was preparing to go back to his residence after completing his night shift from Ramdarbar. He was deputed as a security guard at the ATM in Ramdarbar.
After finishing his night shift, he was loading the SlR weapon with him. Due to a technical snag in the weapon, it accidentally fired a shot. The bullet passed through his nostril and came out from the top of his skull. A police team rushed Sukhdev, 45, to PGIMER where doctors declared him brought dead. He was a resident of Muktsar in Punjab, he is survived by two sons and his wife. The police officials have started inquest proceedings in the case. In the other incident, four persons were injured in an accidental gunshot from a 12 bore rifle of a security guard Kashmira Singh in a bank at PGIMER. Kashmira told to police that he had got his weapon cleaned and repaired from an armory. He loaded a bullet
and as he hung it on shoulder, the sling of the rifle broke and the weapon fell on the ground and accidentally shot a fire. Four people, sitting in waiting area, were injured. The victims were identified as Nirmal Jeet Kaur
and her two children Avneet Kaur and Gurkeerat Singh. Another person named Sukhdev Singh was also injured in the incident. Kashmira Singh has been taken into police custody, said Usha Rani, in-charge, PP-PGIMER.