# Varanasi airport accidental gunshot wounds two staff 2026-08-16T08:18:04+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets (7 source reports) At Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, an accidental gunshot from a passenger's pistol injured two staff members on Sunday. According to Aaj Tak, the passenger, a resident of Azamgarh who was travelling to Mumbai on an Air India flight, had declared his pistol and magazine to authorities during security procedures. The bullet discharged during a weapons and document check, ricocheted off the floor, and struck a male employee's hand and a female employee's thigh. Airport director Puneet Gupta said the weapon and papers were being inspected when the incident occurred, and that both injured staff members are in stable condition and receiving treatment at a private hospital in Harhua. The passenger had declared the weapon as required, and authorities are investigating the circumstances of the accidental discharge. ## Coverage - aajtak.in - aajtak.in (2) - bazaar.businesstoday.in - bazaar.businesstoday.in (2) - tupaki.com - tupaki.com (2) - tupaki.com (3) This story was synthesised by AI from the 7 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 7 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T00:19:07+00:00. Tags: लाल बहादुर शास्त्री अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा, वाराणसी Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/varanasi-airport-accidental-gunshot-wounds-two-staff/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/varanasi-airport-accidental-gunshot-wounds-two-staff/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/