TURA: Two armed battalion personnel of Meghalaya police have been airlifted to Guwahati for urgent medical treatment after being shot and injured by another trooper in an accidental firing in the border region of Purakhasia on Monday morning.
A team of 2nd MLP battalion personnel were leaving their outpost for patrol duty in Purakhasia, close to the international border with Bangladeh, when the AK assault rifle carried by Havildar Awithson Sangma suddenly went off firing a wild shot.
The bullet hit battalion constable Mridul Rabha (Bnc 1622) and driver Selvestin T Sangma in the upper body grievously injuring them.
The automatic rifle of the havildar had been armed with a round inside the chamber and the safety catch was reportedly off when the incident occurred.
Both the injured were rushed to Tura from where they were airlifted to army hospital at Basistha, Guwahati, where doctors declared that the condition of the two were serious but under control.