THRISSUR: Tense moments prevailed after pistol of a sub inspector accidentally fired in the police station during training. The incident happened in Cherpu police station. The firing was from inspector Sandeep Kumar’s gun. It happened when he was engaged in training the cops how to use the gun. Two tiles of the floor broke in the firing. The special branch has started an investigation into the incident.

Earlier in Pathanapuram, a policeman was injured in a gunshot. The incident happened in last May. Renjith (27), a civil police officer, was shot at the Pathanapuram police station while cleaning his gun. The police officer was admitted to a private hospital in Kottarakkara after the bullet pierced his knee.