Indian Museum firing: Injured CISF official released from hospital
The Hindu
Security was tightened in the Indian Museum a day after the firing.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official who was injured in indiscriminate firing by a colleague inside Kolkata’s Indian Museum was discharged from a hospital on Sunday, an official of the medical establishment said.
A day after the fratricidal incident, there was no discernible decline in the number of visitors to the country’s oldest and largest museum, the authorities claimed.
An Assistant Commandant rank officer of the force, Suvir Ghosh, suffered minor bullet injuries in the firing on Saturday evening while assistant sub-inspector Ranjit Sarangi was killed.
Mr. Ghosh was released from the state-run SSKM Hospital here during the day, an official said.
CISF Head constable A.K. Mishra was accused of firing from an AK 47 rifle inside the barrack attached to the over 200-year-old museum located in Park Street area in heart of the city.
Mr. Mishra has alleged that he was subjected to "harassment" by a superior officer for over two months leading to the incident.
Security was tightened in the Indian Museum a day after the firing.
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