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Srinagar: A Special Police Officer of Jammu and Kashmir police was injured on Monday afternoon after his rifle went off accidentally.

An official said that the incident happened in Kadipora area of Islamabad. He identified the injured SPO as Nazir Ahmad who was admitted to Islamabad district hospital.

“His condition is reported to be stable,” the official told said.

Soon after the incident, his colleagues shifted the injured SPO to district hospital Islamabad.

After preliminary treatment, the injured SPO was shifted to army’s 92 base hospital Badamibagh Srinagar.