Two persons, including a 9-year-old child and a woman, were injured in what is thought to be an accidental firing from an automatic Self loading Rifle possessed by a Railway Protection Force jawan posted at the Dum Dum Metro Rail Station, police said.
According to reports, the accident occurred when the RPF jawan dropped his gun during change of duty following which its safety catch got unlocked. When the other jawan tried to pick it up his hands accidentally fell on the trigger and it went off.
Two bullets were fired first hitting the wall and then ricocheted to hit the child in its leg. The woman, his mother was hit under her arm. “Both were immediately rushed to the RH Kar Medical College Hospital,” sources said.
“It happened during when the jawans were changing duty,” Indrani Banerjee CPRO, Metro Railways said confirming the “the safety catch of the SlR got released and it went off.” She added high level inquiry had been ordered into the incident.
The RPF jawan was later detained by the police and CCTV footages of the Station premises were being examined, sources said. “We will definitely look into every aspect of the accident, even if it were due to negligence,” said a senior RPF official.