23 Feb 2024| 06:12am ISTPay Rs 50,000 to Maulinguem woman injured in practice firing at Lakherem: GHRC to Goa PoliceTeam HeraldPANJIM: The Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) on Thursday recommended the Goa Police department to give compensation of Rs 50,000 to a woman, who was injured after being hit by a bullet during practice firing at Lakherem Firing Range of the Goa Police at Maulinguem, Bicholim. The bullet had hit the woman Urmila Gaonkar while she was washing clothes near her home in January 2021. The firing range was shut after the incident as locals were up in arms against the firing range over safety concerns. On January 27, 2021, when she was working at her residence a bullet from a gun fired from the Lakherem Firing Range penetrated and hit her right leg. Thereupon, firing was stopped till further orders and at present no firing practice is conducted at the Firing Range, Maulinguem, Bicholim.

Source: The Herald February 22, 2024 20:05 UTC