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`Shooting' incident: case registered

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM OCT. 9. The Valiathura police have registered a case of grievous injury caused due to rashness and negligence under section 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in connection with the `shooting' incident in which three Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) men were injured at the domestic terminal of the International Airport complex here on Tuesday afternoon.

Two Sub Inspectors and one constable were injured when a when a 9 mm service pistol went off `accidentally' inside the `bell of arms' room at the airport security office manned by CISF personnel.

When contacted, the City Police Commissioner, Rajan Singh, said the police were attempting to reconstruct what happened inside the `bell of arms' room in order to get to the truth of the matter. The police are yet to talk to the injured CISF personnel owing to their medical condition.

Two of the injured persons, R. James (56) and K. P. Vinod (31), both Sub-Inspectors are recovering from their injuries at the Medical College Hospital. The constable, G. S. Kumar, who sustained a shattered wrist, has been admitted to a private hospital. Policemen who went to interview Kumar, whose injury is less serious compared to the other two, were told that he was put under sedation after he complained of severe pain. Police are waiting for the full recovery of R. James, who underwent an emergency surgery on Tuesday after he was injured in the abdomen, and K. P. Vinod, who has sustained a thigh injury.

A police official said that the statement given by CISF constable, Elangovan, who was reportedly near the `bell of arms' room at the time of the shooting, was `vague and not helpful'.

``He stated that he heard the pistol go off as he turned out of the room. Since, the incident had happened behind his back, he could not give an accurate version of what happened'', an official said. Meanwhile, a Forensic Sciences Laboratory (FSL) team has taken the weapon for scientific evaluation. The FSL is yet to give its report to the Commissioner.

The police were told that the pistol, reportedly that of R. James, went of accidentally when constable Kumar handled it for cleaning purposes. The bullet first shattered the wrist of Kumar, pierced through James's abdomen and lodged itself in Vinod's thigh.

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