Two ITBP personnel were today injured as they suffered blast injuries during a firing practice at a camp in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh.
Officials said the incident happened at a battalion camp of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police force in Karera in the district when the troops were undertaking a firing exercise.
A jawan lost his eyesight in the blast and has been referred to Delhi for treatment while a sub-inspector of the force accompanying him was injured.
They said preliminary reports found that during the firing practise of a Medium Machine Gun (MMG), a bullet reportedly got stuck in the barrel and the one behind burst inside hitting the two men.
The force, tasked to guard the 3,488km long Sino-Indian border, has ordered a Court of Inquiry into the incident which looks to be a "mechanical" fault in MMG.
