Pune:
A tempo driver who had parked his vehicle a kilometre from the spot where the farmer agitation and police firing occurred on Tuesday was hit by a bullet, leading to confusion over whether it was a police gun or a private firearm that was responsible for his injuries.
Navnath Vitthal Pangare (30), the tempo driver, was first rushed to a private hospital in Lonavla. He was later shifted to another private hospital in the city.
The Pune Rural Police are looking at a private firing angle in the case as Pangare was standing was a kilometre from the agitation spot.
Pangare's neighbour Dattatray Bhosale said: "Pangare was stuck in the traffic jam due to the agitation. After spending nearly an hour in the tempo, he got down to see what was happening ahead.
Just then a bullet hit his right thigh and then entered the other thigh. It was so sudden that he fell down in the bushes near the road divider."
Bhosale said the bullet was removed on Wednesday and the Shivajinagar police station cops took possession of it for inspection.
According to Pangare, who shuttles between the city and the Vashi market, the incident took place before the tunnel near Wadgaon-Maval. Bhosale, who went to shift Pangare to a hospital, said they faced much difficulty as an ambulance was unavailable.
PI Pandharinath Patil said: "Doctors at Hardikar Hospital handed over the sealed bullet and report to us."