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Last Updated: December 08, 2023, 23:58 IST
The incident was captured live on CCTV cameras placed inside the police station. (Image: @Benarasiyaa/X)
In the CCTV footage, the police official is seen cleaning his pistol when a shot goes off and a woman standing at the counter falls
A woman caught a bullet in her head, fired from close range from the pistol of a cop, inside a police station at Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and is now in a critical state. The incident was caught on CCTV cameras, in which it looks like the police official misfired the gun.
The SI cocks the weapon moments before it fires. The woman who is seen standing across the table collapses after the shot is fired. The woman’s son who was with her at the time in his complaint alleged that the SI shot at his mother deliberately in a fit of rage after asking her to be done with her work fast.
Warning: Disturbing visualsIn UP Aligarh, a woman who turned up at police station for passport verification caught a bullet to her head from close range fired from pistol of sub-inspector Manoj Sharma. Victim critical.
CCTV footage of the incident. pic.twitter.com/dmIUYctGA0
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In the footage from the CCTV cameras, the cop, identified as sub-inspector Manoj Sharma, is seen cleaning his pistol when a shot goes off and a woman standing at the counter falls.
As per reports, the incident took place at around 2:50 pm on Friday when the victim, Ishrat, visited the police station in connection with her passport verification.
A relative has reportedly alleged that a dispute took place over the demand of money for passport verification but police are yet to clarify.
The police officer involved in the incident has been suspended. A senior official said that Manoj Sharma had no role in the victim’s passport verification.
Senior Superintendent of Police of Aligarh Kalanidhi Naithani who reached the spot after the incident said, “the incident occurred in Bhojpura Police outpost where Ishrat Nigar along with her son had gone for a police verification required to make a passport.”
“A bullet that was fired from the pistol of SI Manoj Sharma injured the head of the woman. We have launched a probe into the incident,” he said.
The 55-year-old victim, who received a bullet injury in the back of her head, has been rushed to JN Medical College for treatment where her condition is said to be critical.
Dr Manzoor Harris Khan, Principal of the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, where the woman is admitted, said, “the bullet is still lodged in her head. A decision to operate upon her is still being reviewed.”
(With inputs from PTI)
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