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Vol. 5 Num 285 Wed. March 16, 2005  
   
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Fun fire injures army man


Sepahi Delwar Hossain of Bandarban Sadar zone was injured while on duty by a bullet fired out of fun by his colleague at the Bengehari Army Camp of Roangehari upazila at about 8:30pm on Monday.

Injured Delwar was sent to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), and High officials of the local army authority visited the spot yesterday.

Sources say that Sepahi Nurul Alam of Medical Corpse, while checking bullet on his SMG during his duty at the armoury of Bengehari Army Camp, targeted his colleague out of fun and suddenly pressed the trigger, injuring Delwar.

Other army personnel of the camp rescued Delwar Hossain hearing the sound of fire.

A reliable source said on condition of anonymity, the SMG actually belonged to Sergeant Abdul Mannan. Investigation is going on regarding how the firearm of a senior officer went to a junior personnel.