Teenaged boy killed while playing with loaded gun

A 16-year-old boy was killed by a gunshot while playing with a loaded country-made gun with his younger brother in Chandra Vihar area of East Delhi last evening, police said.
The incident came to light when police were informed that a minor boy has been admitted at Metro Hospital in Preet Vihar area with a bullet wound in his neck.
"A team of Madhu Vihar police station went to the spot and was told that the victim was playing with a loaded gun along with his younger brother at their residence when the trigger was accidentally pulled off and he was hit by the shot. At the time of the incident, the victim's father who works in a shop was out for election campaign while the mother was busy with household work," said a police official.

Hearing the gunshot, neighbours and family members rushed to the spot and found the boy lying in a pool of blood while his 11-year-old brother was standing in a corner. The victim was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead. Police have registered a case of accidental death.
"It is not clear how the two minors got that gun. Initial investigation suggests that the victim procured it himself but we are not ruling out the role of any family member. They are being questioned and efforts are being made to verify how he managed to get the gun," said a senior police official.

The only eyewitness of the incident is the younger sibling and police are trying to talk to him to piece together the sequence of events.