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Three policemen injured as rifle misfires

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD APRIL 25. Three policemen of Medak district sustained injuries when a .303 rifle misfired while it was being loaded by a constable, Chandrashekhar, at the Armed Reserve headquarters in Sangareddy on Friday.

The Medak Superintendent of Police, Shikha Goel, said that only one bullet was released in the accidental fire causing injuries to head constable, Kishan, and constables — Pundalika Rao and Sardar Khan.

The bullet grazed past a constable and hit on the knees of the other two.

While Kishan and Pundalika Rao were shifted to the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, Sardar Khan was treated at Sangareddy.

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