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Ex-Minister's aide runs amok

By Our Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL, AUG. 24. A gunman attached to a former Minister today went berserk near the Krishi Upaj Mandi office close to the Secretariat and fired more than two dozen rounds from his carbine following a petty quarrel. But no one was injured.

The gunman, a head constable with the 7th SAF Battalion had an altercation with a boy near a cycle shop. They were joined by some residents of the area, and they started pelting stones at each other. The gunman loaded his carbine and opened fire in a fit of rage. He later surrendered to the police.

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