Dolphin Police Officer’s Foot Injured as Rifle Accidentally Fires on Security Route Outside Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium for Tri-Nation ODI Series

Rawalpindi (Qudrat Daily): Outside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, a Dolphin police officer’s foot was injured when his rifle accidentally fired on the security route for the tri-nation ODI cricket series. According to police officials, the officer picked up the rifle and detached the magazine under SOP, and the gun suddenly went off while he was checking the rifle.

According to media reports, an officer of the Dolphin Force deployed for security duty at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium for the tri-nation ODI series between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England was injured when his own rifle accidentally fired.

The injured officer was immediately shifted to hospital. According to police officials, the police officer was performing patrol duty on the security route from Double Road to Faizabad when his rifle fell to the ground.

Due to the rifle falling, it got loaded and the bullet reached the chamber. The officer, in accordance with SOP, picked up the rifle and detached its magazine. But the gun suddenly went off while he was checking the rifle. According to the report, he pointed the barrel toward the ground to check for clearing the chamber and pressed the trigger, when the gun suddenly fired and the bullet hit his left foot.

The injured officer has been identified as Numan, who was performing patrol duty on the security route from Double Road to Faizabad. Immediately after the incident, the injured officer was shifted to hospital for medical treatment.