A Punjab Police cop who was working on sentry duty atentry gate of PAP towards Rama Mandi side,reportedly lost his life today in afiring incident. At around 6.15 pm a gunshot was heard in the PAP campus whichwas reported nearly 500 meters away from the main gates of the campus.
The deceased cop has been identified as Senior ConstablePritpal Singh (50), of 9th Bn PAP, who basically hails from village Kotli SuratMallian, District Gurdaspur. While he was presently residing in the PAP campusonly, his family including two children and his wife were living at theirnative place in Gurdaspur.
As per information from Station House Officer (SHO)Cantt, Amritpal Singh, they are yet to ascertain how the gunshot was fired. Thedeceased died on the spot and was taken to the civil hospital, while the policeare yet investigating the matter.
Even as the reasons of the firing are yet to bediscovered, sources stated that a bullet was fired on the thigh of theconstable from his own Self-Loading Rifle (SLR). The police also anticipatedthat it might be a suicide case.