A security person of the Gono Bhaban was injured early yesterday when his colleague accidentally fired a gun.

Rahim Uddin, 30, constable of Special Security and Protection Battalion (SPBn), was shot below a collarbone, Selim Khan, superintendent of SPBn-2, told The Daily Star.

An SPBn man around 3:00am accidentally fired his pistol injuring Rahim, who was standing nearby, he said.

Rahim was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), from where, he was taken to National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) at for a surgery.

Law enforcers will investigate the incident, he added.