Delhi man injured in accidental firing

A 30-year-old man was injured in the early hours of Tuesday after his friend's gun went off in east Delhi's Anand Vihar area, police said.

The victim has been identified as Hariom, a resident of Maujpur, they said.

The Hedgewar Hospital informed the Anand Vihar police station around 1.20 am about a man with a gunshot injury admitted to the facility.

Hariom told the police that the incident took place when he and his friends Paras, Sameer, Vipin, Neeraj and Gopal were having liquor at a Hotel on Vikas Marg, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) R Sathiyasundaram said.

Paras was showing a pistol to them when a bullet accidentally fired from it hit the victim's abdomen, police said.

The men admitted him to the hospital and ran away from there. The injured was referred to the GTB Hospital and a surgery was also performed on him there, the DCP said.

Further investigation is being carried out, police said.