Policeman injured in accidental firing

A policeman was injured today when a pump action gun went off accidentally during a joint training session with CRPF in Zainakote area of the city.

“Constable Farooq Ahmad of District Police Lines Srinagar was injured in the head due to accidental fire of Pump Action gun during its demonstration at a joint training session in Zainakote in Srinagar,” a police spokesman said.

He said the injured cop was rushed to hospital for treatment.

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The training session was held at the Battalion Headquarters of 44 Bn CRPF camp at Zainkote,the spokesman said.

Pump action guns are one of the many non-lethal weapons procured by the state government to control mobs during the 2010 summer unrest in Kashmir Valley.