<p>Bijapur: A police jawan was on Friday killed when his service weapon allegedly went off accidentally in Naxalite-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, a police official said.</p>.<p>The incident took place at around 9 am on the premises of Bhairamgarh police station, when Head Constable Sannu Hapka was apparently cleaning his service rifle, he said.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Hapka returned from leave and reported to duty at the police station. This morning, he was issued his service weapon for Road Opening Party (ROP) duty, he said.</p>.<p>He took his rifle and went to the mess behind the police station to clean it, he said.</p>.<p>On hearing the gunshot, his colleagues rushed to the spot and shifted him to a local community health centre where doctors declared him dead. He suffered a bullet injury on his chest, the officer said.</p>.<p>"Prima facie, the incident seems to be a case of accidental firing. However, an investigation is underway," he added.</p>.<p>This is the sixth case of accidental firing involving security personnel in the state in the last more than six months.</p>.<p>On August 5, a jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured when his service rifle accidently went off at his unit's camp in Dhamtari district.</p>.<p>On April 26, a policeman was killed and another injured allegedly due to an accidental discharge of a firearm in the bungalow of a former Congress MLA in state capital Raipur.</p>.<p>On February 10, a jawan of Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) was killed and a passenger injured in an accidental fire from the former's service weapon at Raipur railway station. </p>
<p>Bijapur: A police jawan was on Friday killed when his service weapon allegedly went off accidentally in Naxalite-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, a police official said.</p>.<p>The incident took place at around 9 am on the premises of Bhairamgarh police station, when Head Constable Sannu Hapka was apparently cleaning his service rifle, he said.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Hapka returned from leave and reported to duty at the police station. This morning, he was issued his service weapon for Road Opening Party (ROP) duty, he said.</p>.<p>He took his rifle and went to the mess behind the police station to clean it, he said.</p>.<p>On hearing the gunshot, his colleagues rushed to the spot and shifted him to a local community health centre where doctors declared him dead. He suffered a bullet injury on his chest, the officer said.</p>.<p>"Prima facie, the incident seems to be a case of accidental firing. However, an investigation is underway," he added.</p>.<p>This is the sixth case of accidental firing involving security personnel in the state in the last more than six months.</p>.<p>On August 5, a jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured when his service rifle accidently went off at his unit's camp in Dhamtari district.</p>.<p>On April 26, a policeman was killed and another injured allegedly due to an accidental discharge of a firearm in the bungalow of a former Congress MLA in state capital Raipur.</p>.<p>On February 10, a jawan of Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) was killed and a passenger injured in an accidental fire from the former's service weapon at Raipur railway station. </p>