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President’s Guard Shot During Diwali Clash with Neighbours over Crackers in UP's Baghpat

Police said the jawan underwent surgery and is now stable after a bullet struck a wall and hit him during the altercation.

  • On November 8, 26-year-old Army jawan Saurabh Tomar, a bodyguard posted at Rashtrapati Bhavan, was shot in the head during a firecracker dispute in Gopalpur Khadana, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Neighbors Dheeraj and Monu objected to the family bursting firecrackers, prompting an altercation where Dheeraj allegedly fired a country-made pistol.
  • The bullet ricocheted off a wall before striking Saurabh in the head; doctors successfully removed the projectile during surgery, and his condition is now stable.
  • Police registered an FIR against Dheeraj and Monu on charges of attempted murder, with officers actively searching for the brothers who fled the village immediately.
  • Saurabh joined the elite President's Bodyguard regiment in 2021 and was visiting his native village on leave to celebrate Diwali with his nine-month-old child when the confrontation occurred.
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India Today broke the news in Noida, India on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
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