Goa, Nov. 11 -- A 26-year-old Army jawan serving with the President's Bodyguard was critically injured after being shot in the head during a dispute over bursting firecrackers on Diwali night in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district.

The soldier, identified as Saurabh Tomar, is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Meerut. Doctors have successfully removed the bullet through surgery, but his condition remains critical.

According to police and local residents, Saurabh was bursting firecrackers outside his house along with his brothers, Vineet and Mintu, when an argument broke out with two villagers, Dheeraj and his brother Monu alias Praveen.

The verbal altercation reportedly escalated into violence, following which Dheeraj...