Man Injured As Gun Goes Off ‘Accidentally’ In J&K’s Kathua

JAMMU, Nov 8:  A 40-year-old man was injured after his country-made gun “accidentally” went off in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, a police official said on Wednesday.
The man identified as Gori Shanker suffered bullet injury from his own licensed gun inside his house in Sitti-Bani village on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, he added.
The official said Shanker, who suffered an injury to his chest, was taken to a hospital and later referred to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Jammu for specialised treatment on Wednesday morning.
The police have begun an investigation into the incident, he added.