Punjab: Man dies as gun goes off while cleaning

Ludhiana | Sunday | 22nd July, 2018

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on FridayPATIALA: A man died after he accidentally shot himself in the right temple while cleaning his licensed revolver in Patiala The incident took placewhen 33-year-old Gurmukh Singh Tanwar , who is a close relative of former Congress minister Avtar Henry , was cleaning his revolver at his Officers' Colony residence.Investigating officer and in-charge, Officer’s Colony police post, Karnail Singh said the family, including his wife had given a statement that the revolver went off accidentally following which legal proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC was conducted in the case.After the incident, Gurmukh was taken to a local private hospital from where he was referred to a Mohali based private hospital where he breathed his last..