Dehradun: Samajwadi Party candidate from the Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency Ajmal Nawaz Khan sustained bullet injury near his eye as he accidentally fired a shot while cleaning his licensed revolver, police said on Thursday.
Khan was cleaning his revolver at home at Ekkad village in Pathri area of Haridwar district yesterday when he accidentally fired a shot, Pathri circle officer of police Vimal Kumar Acharya said.
The SP leader was rushed to the Jollygrant hospital by his family members where he underwent two surgeries.
Khan is the son of Shanawaz Khan, who was a close aide of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
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