<p> In a tragic incident, an eight-year-old boy who was playing with his father’s licensed pistol, shot dead his 10-year-old sister in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, police said.<br /><br />The incident occurred when the boy and his sister were playing on a bed in their house in Dharmpuri area under Kotwali Police Station limits, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajendra Verma said.<br /><br />Spot death<br /><br />“The boy was playing with his sister in the morning. He picked up his father’s pistol and accidentally pulled the trigger. The bullet hit his 10-year-old sister. The victim’s father is a clerk in the district collector’s office,” Verma said, adding that the girl died on the spot.<br />Her body was handed over to the family after postmortem.<br /><br />“A case has been registered and further investigation is underway,” he said. <br /></p>
<p> In a tragic incident, an eight-year-old boy who was playing with his father’s licensed pistol, shot dead his 10-year-old sister in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, police said.<br /><br />The incident occurred when the boy and his sister were playing on a bed in their house in Dharmpuri area under Kotwali Police Station limits, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajendra Verma said.<br /><br />Spot death<br /><br />“The boy was playing with his sister in the morning. He picked up his father’s pistol and accidentally pulled the trigger. The bullet hit his 10-year-old sister. The victim’s father is a clerk in the district collector’s office,” Verma said, adding that the girl died on the spot.<br />Her body was handed over to the family after postmortem.<br /><br />“A case has been registered and further investigation is underway,” he said. <br /></p>