Surveyor shot by trap gun

A MINISTRY of Agriculture surveyor working in a Moruga forest was shot after triggering a trap gun, police said yesterday. Nearly 50 pellets were said to be lodged in the right hip, forearm, and hand of Phali Singh, 53, of Windsor Park, California. Reports said around 1.30 pm Singh and three other ministry employees were some three miles into the Moruga forest surveying a piece of land on Phillip Trace off Blas Cha Cha Trace, when Singh accidently discharged the gun set on the ground. Singh’s co-workers rushed him out of the forest and took him to the Barrackpore Police Station where the officers contacted the  Emergency Health Services (EHS) to take Singh to the San Fernando General Hospital. Singh was admitted to Ward Seven in stable condition. PC Lawrence Suphal of the Moruga Police Station is continuing inquiries.