A 55-year-old Punjab Police sub inspector (SI), Baldev Singh, died when his official weapon reportedly misfired whereas he was guarding EVMs at a counting heart at Fazilka on Friday morning.

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Police mentioned Baldev Singh was in-charge of the third layer of safety of the police group guarding digital voting machines (EVMs) at Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), Fazilka, when the incident occurred.

At 3.30am, the sound of a bullet shot was heard on the counting heart and later Baldev Singh was discovered injured with a gunshot wound from his personal weapon. He was hastened to the civil hospital in Fazilka, however he succumbed to his accidents.

“It seems to be a case of misfire by the victim but we are probing the matter,” mentioned Sachin Gupta, the senior superintendent of police, Fazilka.