Army officer killed in Rajasthan due accidental firing
A colonel of the Indian Army was killed by a bullet due to accidental discharge of a weapon in Mahajan field firing range of Rajasthan's Bikaner district on Thursday, officials said.
Col Sanjay Rana died due to accidental discharge of weapon in Mahajan firing range. A court of inquiry has been ordered in the matter, a defence spokesperson said.
Acting in-charge of Mahajan police station, Guruvaran Singh, said the officer's body has been kept at a local hospital and postmortem will be conducted on Friday.
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