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Punjab Police constable injured as gun goes off in Chandigarh hotel room
Police suspect accidental firing, say bullet pierced through abdomen of personal security officer before passing through bathroom wall and hit a mirror in the room; AK-47 rifle recovered
A Punjab Police constable, Deepak Singh, suffered a bullet injury in a hotel room in Sector 22, Chandigarh, on Wednesday morning.
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Police said an AK-47 assault rifle was recovered from the policeman’s room at Hotel Diamond Plaza.
Initial reports suggested that the gunshot was fired accidentally when the constable was in the washroom around 5.30 am. Police said the bullet pierced through his abdomen before passing through the washroom wall and hitting a mirror.
The constable was rushed to the PGIMER, where he is stated to be stable.
Investigators at the scene said the bullet shell was found on the stairs and the gun on the wash basin. At time of the incident, there were around 40 guests in the hotel.
Constable Deepak, accompanied by constable Ankit, had checked into the hotel around 1 am after arriving from Gurdaspur.
According to police, both constables are deployed as personal security officers with one Simranjeet, a Gurdsapur-based realtor. Both had accompanied Simranjeet to Chandigarh for work. While he was putting up at Hotel JW Marriot, Sector 35, they hired a room at Hotel Diamond Plaza.
Police have filed a daily diary report (DDR) and informed Deepak’s seniors in Gurdaspur. Deepak is not yet fit for recording his statement.
Meanwhile, Ankit in his statement to the police stated that he was woken up by the sound of a gunshot and saw Deepak lying on the floor of the washroom. He claimed that Deepak fired at himself and even handed over a video to the police in which Deepak is reportedly telling him about it through hand gestures.
Police said both Deepak and Ankit had got job on compassionate grounds.
