India, Nov. 12 -- A 26-year-old soldier serving with the President's Bodyguard is stable after being shot in the head during a quarrel over firecrackers on Diwali night in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district. He underwent surgery at a private hospital in Meerut, where doctors removed the bullet.

Saurabh Tomar was bursting firecrackers on the road with his relatives when two neighbours, brothers Dheeraj and Monu, objected and got into an argument with his brother Vineet, 28. The shooting took place at around 10 pm on Sunday (November 8), according to the district police.

Following a complaint by Tomar's father, an FIR was registered at Ramala police station against the two brothers under sections 109(1) (attempt to murder), 115(2) (voluntar...