Temple guards injured in ritual firing

Eight security guards of Saptshrungi Devi shrine at Nanduri in the district received minor injuries when a bullet hit the ground accidentally during a ritual Dussehra firing.
The incident took place at around 11 am.
The shrine, called Saptshrungi-gad, is at Nanduri, 70 km from here.
On the occasion of Dussehra, traditionally a goat is sacrificed at the temple and guns are fired in air.
While Waman Chavan, a guard, was firing in the air, accidentally the bullet hit the ground and those standing nearby received splinter injures, Nashik rural police said.
The injured securitymen were taken to a hospital at Kalwan.