Cop shoots self, suffers serious injury
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, November 01 2022:
A police commando, assigned for duty at a crossroad located in between Nepra Company and Charangpat under the jurisdiction of Thoubal police station, shot at himself with an AK-47 rifle issued to him on Tuesday around 10 am and sustained serious injury.
The injured commando has been identified as Md Sahidur (36) son of Md Tomba of Yairipok Tulihal Awang Leikai.
He is said to be in a serious condition at Raj Medicity, North AOC, Imphal.
According to police, Sahidur had also made a suicide attempt in 2016 by consuming poison and he was on leave for some time recently due to health issue.
According to eye witnesses' account, Sahidur was seen talking on a mobile phone at a waiting shed located in between Nepra Company and Charangpat around 9.45 am.
Then, he went near a water body while talking on the phone and shot himself with the service rifle.
Upon hearing the gunshots, other commando personnel on duty with him rushed and found Sahidur lying on the ground with bullet wound.
There is a large bullet hole on his head.
The commando personnel immediately took the injured Sahidur to hospital in their Gypsy vehicle.