ES Reporter 

BALIJAN, Jan 15: In a freak accident, a man shot at his father-in-law in a case of mistaken identity with a bore gun while on a hunting trip causing him serious injuries on Saturday.
SDPO Balijan Maga Tago informed that as per the report received, at around 0800hrs to 0900hrs one Paniram Phangsu, resident of Helemsapori, District Biswanath, Assam was shot by an unknown person at Helemsapori Reserve forest.
Upon getting the information, police followed up on the matter and found that the victim was shifted to RK Mission hospital, further he was referred to TRIHMS for further treatment. The police team led by SDPO Balijan reached TRIHMS and enquired from the family members and took update of the victim’s condition.
During the course of the inquiry it was found that the victim and his son-in-law Panye Takar of Dariya Hill went hunting at the forest, where the latter accidentally fired on his father-in-law  mistaking him to be wild boar. The victim sustained seven pellets to his left lung, added the SDPO.
A GD entry is made at Balijan Police station as per the information received from the Assam counterpart.
SDPO also clarified that there is no issue of Assam and Arunachal boundary issue.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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