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Accidental firing kills rifleman
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, March 12 2015:
An Assam Rifles trooper accidentally shot himself on Wednesday evening while adjusting a 9mm pistol in his possession, police said Thursday.
K Ningthar (28), son of John Louise of Hundung village of Manipur's Ukhrul district was struck by a bullet on his chest and died instantly.
After the postmortem at JNIMS morgue in Imphal, the body of the rifleman has been handed over to his family on Thursday.
The incident took place on Wednesday evening, at about 5.30 pm at a post of the 13 Assam Rifles at Kaimai under Nungba police station of Tamenglong district.
He was cleaning the pistol, police said quoting the Assam Rifles authority.
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