The bodyguard of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), identified as Basanta Gogoi, was injured on Friday morning after a bullet accidentally discharged from his rifle hit him in the leg. A thorough investigation will be conducted to determine the exact cause of the incident.
Three guest workers were arrested for placing a boulder on a railway track near Madukkarai Market Road in Coimbatore. They were fined for trespassing, which led to their act of placing the boulder. The arrested workers are from Uttar Pradesh and were working as welders in a private company. They have been charged under the Railways Act.
The incident took place around 5.45 am when Dinesh Chandra, a 30-year-old from Rajasthan, and his RPF colleagues were alighting from the Sarnath Express train after escort duty, Railway officials said.
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