48-yr-old killed in accidental firing

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 02:40 PM Dec 18, 2022 IST

Solan, December 17

Dharam Singh (48) of Bastana village in Paonta Sahib succumbed to accidental firing.

DSP Ramakant Thakur, said, “The victim was hunting in a forest along with his relative Yashwant Singh, who was walking behind him with a double-barrel gun. As Yashwant slipped, the gun fell from his shoulder and a bullet hit Dharam.”

He was rushed to a local hospital from where he was referred to Paonta Sahib, but was pronounced dead.

A case under Sections 336 and 304 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against Yashwant.

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