LUCKNOW, Nov. 11 -- A security personnel posted at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi, who had returned home to Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh for Diwali holidays, was shot in the head and injured during an altercation with a neighbour over bursting firecrackers, police said on Tuesday.

Baghpat superintendent of police (SP) Purnendu Singh said the bullet hit a wall before striking the personnel, reducing its impact. Doctors have removed the bullet, and he is now stable, Singh added.

The injured personnel, identified as Saurabh Kumar, is part of the specialised service responsible for the President's security at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the SP said. The elite President's Bodyguard was raised in 1773 and is one of the army's oldest regiments.

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