Student shot at 'accidentally' by classmate

A class XI student received a bullet injury in his spinal cord after being 'accidentally' shot at by his classmate at a private school at Sakchi area here today, police said.
Amit Kumar was showing the two country-made pistols he had brought to the school to his friend sitting next to him ahead of the school assembly hour this morning when one of the fire arms accidentally went off, Deputy Superintendent of Police (City), Animesh Naithany said.
Sudhanshu Gupta, who was sitting in the bench just in front of Amit's got shot and was rushed to Tata Main Hospital, he said.

The bullet was lodged in Sudhansu's spinal cord, which was being operated upon, the DSP said.
Amit has been taken into custody and two country-made pistols were seized from his possession, Naithany said.
Amit has been booked under Arms Act, he said.

Swarna Mishra, principal of the school, said no class was affected following the incident and school functioned normally.
Referring to the incident, she said the incident took place ahead of assembly hour and our teachers rushed to the scene as soon as they heard the gunshot.
On reaching the spot, they found Sudhansu in an injured state and took him to TMH.

It remains unclear exactly how many attackers may have
been involved in the terror incident.
While initial reports suggest the same knife-man was behind the mowing down of the pedestrians and the attack on the police officer at Parliament.
However, some latest reports indicate as many as two different attackers may have been involved in the terrorist attack.
French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said French school pupils are among the injured and offered "solidarity with our British friends, and full support" for the wounded students and their families.
Commons Leader David Lidington, who suspended the Parliament session as this unfolded outside, told MPs the "alleged assailant was shot by armed police".

"It seems that a police officer has been stabbed, that the alleged assailant was shot by armed police. An air ambulance is currently attending the scene to remove the casualties," Lidington said.
"There are also reports of further violent incidents in the vicinity of the Palace of Westminster but I hope colleagues on all sides will appreciate that it'd be wrong of me to go into further details until we have confirmation from the police and from the House security authorities about what is going on," he added.
Witnesses said the attackerwas shot by police as he approached a second officer clutching his knife during the incident.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, who had just completed her weekly Prime Minister's Questions, was seen being ushered into a car as gunfire rang out at Parliament during the incident.
Downing Street said the PM was "safe" asan emergency services helicopter was seen landing in Parliament Square, which has been cordoned off and closed to traffic.
"The Prime Minister was brought back to Number 10 from Parliament. She is currently monitoring the situation,"a Downing Street spokesperson said.
May is to chair ameeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee later on Wednesday.
MPs and peers were in lockdown inside the Parliament building for an extended period before many of them being walked down across the road to Westminster Abbey.

Workers and members of the public in buildings in surrounding areas were also held up behind the cordoned off area.
A number of schoolchildren were also caught up in the police lockdown of the area.
Tourists on the famous London Eye attraction were among those trapped in the pods as part of the police cordon.
There was chaos in the area as crowds of people were seen running and being pushed back by Scotland Yard officers.
Police helicopters continue to fly over central London area since the incident took place at around 1440 GMT.
In a statement, Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "Reports suggest the ongoing incident in Westminster this afternoon is extremely serious.

"Our thoughts are with the victims of this horrific attack, (their) families and friends. The police and security staff have taken swift action to ensure the safety of the public, MPs and staff, and we are grateful to them."
London mayor Sadiq Khan said his thoughts were with those affected and expressed his gratitude to the city's police and emergency services who "work so hard to keep us safe and show tremendous bravery in exceptionally difficult circumstances".