AGRA: Six policemen in Mainpuri were injured when their colleague accidentally pressed the trigger of his service pistol after it was issued to him from the armoury on Wednesday morning.According to police, the incident occurred around 10:30am when Sub inspector, Satyendra Pal Singh was checking the 9mm pistol issued to him. He said, however, action will be taken on the basis of the inquiry report.He told TOI that Satyendra Pal was transferred to Kotwali police station from Bewar and he had gone to the armoury for issuance of his service pistol. SP, Mainpuri, Ajay Shankar Rai said that all had “minor” injuries but SSI, Bhadauria, who sustained injury under his eye, was asked to get further checkups done, as a precautionary measure.Talking to TOI, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), O P Singh said that preliminary inquiry has been marked against Satyendra Pal Singh. The pistol accidentally fired and the bullet hit the floor and ricocheted to the wall before breaking into splinters and hitting the six policemen.The injured cops were identified as Senior Sub Inspector (SSI), RK Singh Bhadauria, constables- Shyam Veer Singh and Ram Naresh, lady constable, Suman and home guards, Anil Kishore Yadav and Dhirendra Singh.They all were immediately rushed to the district hospital, Mainpuri, from where they were discharged after treatment.
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