Varanasi, Aug. 16 -- Two people were injured on Sunday morning after a licensed pistol accidentally discharged during a routine security check at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, police said.

The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m. when Kamlesh Rai, a resident of Azamgarh district, arrived at the airport with his wife to board an Air India Express flight to Mumbai. Rai was carrying a licensed pistol, which he had duly declared to airport authorities ahead of his flight.

According to police, the pistol went off accidentally during the standard pre-boarding check conducted by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and airline staff. The bullet struck the leg of the woman staffer carrying out the check and ...