Overview
- Harpinder Singh, 30, died after a loaded pistol tucked into his waistband discharged as he stood up from a sofa at his home in Dhani Sucha Singh village in Fazilka’s Balluana segment.
- The shooting was recorded on an in-house CCTV camera and the video has circulated on social media.
- Family members rushed him to a government hospital, doctors referred him to a higher centre, and he died on the way to Bathinda.
- Police recorded his father Darshan Singh’s statement, conducted a postmortem, and handed the body to the family while stating that initial findings indicate an accident.
- Singh had recently returned from abroad and is survived by his wife and a two-year-old daughter, and his funeral on Tuesday drew villagers and Aam Aadmi Party workers.