Thane, Jun 5 (PTI) Five persons were booked for an accidental firing incident that injured a minor girl during a training camp in a village in Thane district's Sahapur area, police said on Sunday.

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The training camp took place in Agai and some 365 students took part, an official said.

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During firing practice, a misfired shot hit 7-year-old Kanchan Korde, who has been hospitalised in Mumbai's JJ Hospital in a serious condition, he said.

Among those booked are two NCC personnel, including a gun instructor, the chief of an educational institute and a professor, he said.

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