Uttar Pradesh Inspector Shot in Police Quarters as Probe Points to Accidental Firing

Overview

• Inspector Arun Kumar Dwivedi, who was posted at Akhandnagar police station, was wounded inside his government quarters around 6 pm Sunday and a colleague rushed him from Sultanpur’s medical college to Lucknow’s trauma center.
• Doctors at PGI Lucknow report his condition is stable, with surgery expected Monday.
• Police say early findings suggest an accidental discharge of his personal licensed .32 revolver, which was recovered at the scene with one spent cartridge and five live rounds.
• Investigators are examining a reconstruction that a towel pull caused the revolver to fall and fire, and the weapon has been sent for forensic examination.
• Senior officers, including the Lucknow zone ADG, visited the scene with a forensics team to review evidence from a room that officials said was locked from the inside.