Man accidentally shot dead by minor cousin while taking selfies
A 23-year-old man named Prashant Chauhan was killed after his cousin accidentally fired from a pistol while they were attempting to click a selfie posing with the firearm in southeast Delhi. Chauhan was rushed to a hospital with a gunshot injury, where he was declared brought dead. Police will probe whether there was any negligence on the part of the minor's father. Here's more.
Boy's father was not home when the incident occurred
The incident took place on Thursday when Prashant of UP's Pali village, working as a teacher on a contract basis in Delhi's Shahdara, went to his uncle's house in Sarita Vihar. At the house, Chauhan's 17-year-old cousin, managed to get hold of his father's pistol. While trying to click a selfie while posing with it, the pistol went off, and a bullet hit Chauhan.
