Man injured in accidental fire from VDC gun. Rajouri police start investigation.

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, JUNE 04:–A man had a miraculous escape in an accidental fire from .303 Rifle of a Village Defence Committee (VDC) member in t he lower Dhangri village of Rajouri district.
The incident took place at about 6.30 pm on Sunday and the man, namely Sunil Kumar, who received a bullet injury on the shoulder, is under treatment at Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital and is out of danger.
Police sources said that Sunil Kumar s/o Kala Ram had gone to his uncle’s house namely Ashok Kumar, a VDC member, in the evening.
Ashok’s son Anil Kumar was cleaning .303 rifle when an accidental fire hit Sunil Kumar on the shoulder.
It is pertinent to mention here that on the evening of January 1, a group of two terrorists struck in the upper Dhangri village and 7 people were killed in the terror attack.
Since then the people in the area have lived under constant fear and the administration has strengthened the VDCs by providing more weapons.
Upon getting information about the incident, a police team from Rajouri police station headed by SHO, Mohd Showkat Chowdhary rushed to the village.
“It is too early to comment on the nature of the incident. Preliminarily, it seems to be an incident of accidental fire. The VDC rifle will be seized for further investigation,” said SHO