India, Nov. 10 -- A 26-year-old member of the President's Bodyguard was shot in the head following an argument over bursting firecrackers in his village in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, police said. He is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Meerut after an operation to remove the bullet.

Saurabh Tomar, posted at Rashtrapati Bhavan and a member of the force since 2021, had returned to his village, Gopalpur Khadana, on leave for Diwali. The incident took place on Sunday night when he was bursting firecrackers outside his house with his brothers, Vineet and Mintu.

According to the complaint filed by his family, two neighbours, identified as Dheeraj and Monu alias Praveen, confronted the brothers and...