How safe are citizens?

Here's a reprint from an article from a newspaper recently:-

Stray bullet hits software engineer near Iblur
Staff Reporter
Doctors remove slug from her pelvis in fourth such case

BANGALORE: Imagine going home at the end of a tiring day and end up with a bullet in your pelvis. This is what happened to Niharika Jeena (27), a software engineer, who was seriously injured after she was hit by a stray bullet, suspected to have been fired from the Iblur firing range of the Army Service Corps (ASC) in Viveknagar police station limits.
The shocking incident took place on Friday night and Ms. Jeena is treated at St. John’s Hospital. She is out of danger, the police said.
Ms. Jeena, a software engineer with Cognizant Technologies in Murugeshpalya, was riding home on her moped. Around 7.30 p.m. when she had stopped at the Ejipura junction on Koramangala Outer Ring Road, she suddenly experienced a terrible pain and collapsed, bleeding. Passers-by rushed her to the hospital. After radiogram, the doctors found that she was hit by a bullet and it was stuck near the pelvic bone. Doctors removed the bullet, which is similar to AK-47 rounds. The bullet would be sent to Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic examination, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ulsoor Gate) B.B. Ashok Kumar told The Hindu on Tuesday.
“We strongly suspect it was fired from the Army’s Iblur firing range. A case has been registered in Viveknagar police station,” Mr. Kumar said.
Ms. Jeena is the daughter of Bhupinder Singh Jeena, a forest official in Uttaranchal. She and her sister live in VI Block, Koramangala, here.
Senior police officers are of the view that the Defence authorities should stop firing practice at Iblur firing range as there had been an increase in the incidents of stray bullets hitting the public.
Since 2003, four people have been seriously injured after being hit by stray bullets on the Outer Ring Road in Viveknagar police station limits. On July 6, 2003, Satyajith Kumar Singh (27), who was travelling in an autorickshaw, was hit by a bullet in his buttocks. On April 21, 2005, one pierced the waist of Thomas (32) who was riding a motorcycle. On April 22 this year, Mercy Andrew (51), a BMTC commuter, was injured after she took a bullet in her arm. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) B.N.S. Reddy said they would be writing to the Defence authorities asking them to stop firing practice at the range. Many VVIPs, including heads of foreign nations who visit Bangalore, take the Koramangala Outer Ring Road to reach the facilities of IT majors such as Infosys and Wipro on Hosur Road.
However, the defence sources said that they were unaware of the Friday night’s incident. According to the Army protocol, when ever firing practise takes place, the police are present at the range. At the end of the firing, the police officials give their clearance, the sources maintained.

How safe are we from our own people? Politicians and Military combined is the worst sort of combination possible. This incident will be brushed under the carpet by these politically well connected Military Top Brass, even though there have been many such cases. This is true for many of our Military Ranges all over India. Many an innocent villagers have lost their lives all of a sudden because of this. This does not mean the Military should not practice, but practice carefully, under strict surveillance in well enclosed ranges. Serious note should be taken of this incident, and its recurrence should be prevented at all costs. Why should innocent citizens suffer because some top brass did not organise his military exercises well?