29 Nov 2007, 0201 hrs IST,Prakash Bhandari,TNN
JAIPUR: In a violation of gun rules, a cannon overstuffed with gunpowder was fired to welcome a Rajasthan minister, the incident left two dead and six injured.
No sooner had civil supplies minister Kirori Lal Meena arrived, the villagers fired the cannon in welcome, but the barrel of the more than two centuries-old gun - either rusted and unable to withstand the lit powder or because it was over-stuffed - exploded and two persons in its immediate vicinity, Devi Singh (55) and Murari (45), were grievously injured.
"They were taken to Sawai Man Singh hospital, where they were declared brought dead," said Mohan.
Following the mishap, the minister left the place in a huff and the officials present too disappeared. The relatives of the injured took them to a local hospital.
The minister returned to Jaipur on Tuesday night, and refused to speak to the media.
The relatives of the two dead men took away the bodies without post-mortem on Tuesday night. The police are probing how the hospital administration allowed the bodies to be taken out without post-mortem.
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Now why couldn't the silly buggers have simply used firecrackers?
Cheers!
Abhijeet
