A Power Development Department employee was injured after a bullet hit his hand accidently in North Kashmir’s Pattan area of Baramulla district.
Sources said that soldiers were doing practice at Wanigam Pattan when a bullet accidently hit the hand of a man while he was repairing a transmission line behind the headquarters of Army 10 Sector.
The man who is a PDD employee was shifted to Sub District Hospital Kreeri where he was discharged after treatment. A doctor identified him as Showkat Ahmed of Checkpora Budgam.
“He is stable and discharged from the hospital,” said the doctor.
When contacted a police official said that they are ascertaining the facts while an army officer confirmed that the incident occurred in Wanigam area of Pattan. KNT
