In a tragic case of misfire a district police jawan was killed during shooting practice at Kudada firing range under the suburban Sundernagar police station area on Thursday afternoon.
The victim Sarayug Ram (53) was soon rushed to Tata Main Hospital’s emergency where he succumbed to the injuries. He was posted at the Sitaramdera Thana out Post (TOP) under Sitaramdera police station area of the city.
Sources informed that a misfire by a head constable, Bijay Shankar Singh, who was standing next to Ram with his carbine, hitting Ram’s right temple. As the shot hit the head constable, he fell on the ground.
Within minutes, Ram was rushed to the Tata Main Hospital’s emergency where later succumbed to his injuries.
As the news spread, senior superintendent of police, Akhilesh Kumar Jha and other senior police officers rushed to the Tata Main Hospital. Jha and other senior police officials went to the spot in Sundernagar as well to investigate the incident and take statements from those present at the site of the firing range.
Deputy superintendent of police (law and Order) Kanhaiya Upadhyay said that the firing took place as finger of head constable Bijay Shankar Singh was mistakenly put on the trigger of the carbine he was carrying along after the shooting practice was over.
“We are investigating the incident however we have arrested the head constable Bijay Shankar Singh for negligence on duty. We are looking into the aspect whether there was any fault on the part of the surgent major JP Nag also,” said the DSP (law and Order).
The police have recovered the body of the slain policeman and sent it to the MGM Medical College mortuary for post-mortem.
According to sources, Ram was scheduled to leave for his native place in Siwan district in Bihar tomorrow for celebrating Holi.