FAZILKA: An NRI died in Dhani Sucha Singh village of Fazilka district on Monday evening after a pistol tucked into his waist accidentally went off.Harwinder Singh alias Sonu had recently returned from abroad and settled here. He was married and had a two-year-old daughter.
His last rites were performed on Tuesday afternoon.On getting information about the incident, Balluana police station SHO Ravinder Sharma visited the house and examined the CCTV footage.The footage showed Harwinder sitting on a sofa with some of his relatives. A loaded revolver was tucked into his waist, and the moment he got up from the sofa, the pistol went off accidentally and the bullet hit him in the stomach.Seriously injured, Harwinder was taken to a govt hospital, from where he was referred to Bathinda, but he died on the way to Bathinda.Upon receiving information about the incident, Aam Aadmi Party leaders (AAP), including MLA Goldy Musafir and villagers, reached the govt hospital. Musafir expressed grief over the incident and offered condolences to the family. The deceased’s father, Darshan Singh, recently won the panchayat samiti election.On Tuesday, the police conducted a post-mortem of the body and handed it over to the family for cremation.
