Click to play videoNew Delhi: In a worrying breach of security, there's been firing outside the Prime Minister's office. A Delhi Police constable was been accidentally shot at by his colleague.
Head Constable Sanjay received a gun shot wound in his left thigh in the shooting incident at around 11 AM, police said.
Police said it could have been a case of accidental firing but constable Suraj Pal, who allegedly shot at Sanjay, has been detained for questioning to ascertain how the incident occurred.
Sanjay, posted in the 3rd Battalion of the Delhi Armed Police, was shot at inside the duty change room near the PMO in South Block, creating panic in the high security area.
He was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where his condition is stated to be out of danger, they said.
"Only one shot was fired. We are investigating the matter," DCP (New Delhi District) Anand Mohan was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
SIMILAR INCIDENTS | |
 | 4 May 2007: A few metres away from the Prime Minister's residence, a 42-year-old property dealer, Kishori Lal attempts suicide by shooting himself inside his car. |
| 13 January 2008: A CISF official posted at the Red Fort was suspended for firing 19 rounds in air after being apparently denied leave. Nobody was injured. |
| 14 January 2008; An ASI at the Shalimar Bagh police station in northwest Delhi was arrested for injuring his colleague while he was cleaning the service weapon inside the police station. |
| 28 March 2008: Firing outside Prime Minister's Office. A constable is injured while he was trying to clean the revolver of his superior. |
(With inputs from PTI)
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