ACCIDENTAL FIRING main Accidental firing sparks panic at bank

  • | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

“There are certain rules which need to be followed while loading a weapon and he did not do that,” said Mandloi. Had the bullet hit anyone directly, he would have died on the spot, he said.Officials said that the guard must not have been trained in weapon handling. A hole was found in the left door of the vehicle and the cartridge plastic case was also recovered. The lead splinters of the bullet ricocheted off the van door and hit two guards Ravi and Shrinivas injuring them seriously.They were rushed to MY Hospital by officials present on the spot. Indore: Panic gripped employees and customers at a bank when two security guards were injured after being hit by splinters of bullet, which was accidentally fired by another security guard while loading the weapon, on Wednesday.The incident took place at GPO branch of SBI in afternoon when the guards and bank employees were loading vehicles with trunks filled with cash for transfer.The guards were standing on campus in the rear of the bank when a 36-year-old guard Prakash, resident of Karnawat, tried to load his 12-bore rifle and pushed the trigger accidentally.A shot was fired, and it hit the left door of the van.

Indore: Panic gripped employees and customers at a bank when two security guards were injured after being hit by splinters of bullet, which was accidentally fired by another security guard while loading the weapon, on Wednesday.The incident took place at GPO branch of SBI in afternoon when the guards and bank employees were loading vehicles with trunks filled with cash for transfer.The guards were standing on campus in the rear of the bank when a 36-year-old guard Prakash, resident of Karnawat, tried to load his 12-bore rifle and pushed the trigger accidentally.A shot was fired, and it hit the left door of the van. The lead splinters of the bullet ricocheted off the van door and hit two guards Ravi and Shrinivas injuring them seriously.They were rushed to MY Hospital by officials present on the spot. Their condition was stated to be stable by the doctors.Senior officials along with Sanyogitaganj police officials and forensic experts arrived at the spot soon after the incident.“Prakash has been arrested and booked under Section 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC and further investigation have been initiated,” Sanyogitaganj CSP Jyoti Umath said.Forensic expert BL Mandloi said that the lead splinters were all over the place. A hole was found in the left door of the vehicle and the cartridge plastic case was also recovered. Had the bullet hit anyone directly, he would have died on the spot, he said.Officials said that the guard must not have been trained in weapon handling. “There are certain rules which need to be followed while loading a weapon and he did not do that,” said Mandloi.

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