Panic gripped visiting devotees at the Golden Temple here on Thursday after an SGPC employee had a close shave with a bullet that was allegedly fired from outside of the compound.
Some unidentified person had fired the bullet from outside which hit the SGPC employee, Gurpreet Singh, who was on duty in the marbled periphery of Golden Temple around the pool of nectar (water pool), Commissioner of Police Jatinder Singh Aulakh said.
The bullet had first hit Gurpreet Singh’s multi-layered turban, then it had pierced his jacket, which left a few minor rashes on his chest, the commissioner said.
Aulkah also suspected that the .315 calibre gun shot was fired near the premises of Jallianwalla Bagh and said that such bullets were very dangerous if fired from close range. He said that the forensic experts were called in to further assess the situation.
It seems that someone had fired the bullet in the air, but it was crime since the bullet could have hurt or injured somebody, the commissioner said.
He said that a team of experts was also pressed into service to find out the person who fired gunshot and intention behind the fire towards the Golden Temple.