A po­lice sergeant is now as­sist­ing se­nior of­fi­cers with their in­ves­ti­ga­tions, fol­low­ing the shoot­ing of a 29-year-old fe­male po­lice of­fi­cer.

The woman was shot at her home on Tues­day night, in what po­lice be­lieve was a do­mes­tic dis­pute. The in­ci­dent took place in Bar­rack­pore.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, at about 10:30 pm on Tues­day, the in­jured of­fi­cer ar­rived home af­ter at­tend­ing a func­tion.

Po­lice said they were told an ar­gu­ment broke out over a text mes­sage, dur­ing which shots were fired.

The woman was shot in the up­per left of her chest.

She was tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where she re­mains in a sta­ble con­di­tion.

Po­lice have seized two guns and 69 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion.