
Stray bullet hits boy’s head in Pudukottai
The Hindu
CISF personnel were undergoing training
An 11-year-old boy from Narthamalai in Pudukottai was grievously injured after being hit on the head by a stray bullet from the nearby firing range where personnel of Central Industrial Security Force were reportedly undergoing training.
The boy was rushed to the Pudukottai Government Medical College Hospital and later referred to the Thanjavur Medical College Hospital
According to police sources, a practice session was under way for trainees at the shooting range when a stray bullet from one of the rifles hit the boy, K. Pughazhendhi, near his place of residence, located some distance away from the range. The boy was staying in his grandfather’s house.

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