Bengal girl mistakes pistol for toy, shoots mother
Sunday - June 17, 2018 10:22 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Kolkata June 17 (IANS) A girl in West Bengal s Hoogly district on Sunday accidentally shot and critically injured her mother while playing with a loaded pistol the woman had found outside and given to her daughter thinking it was a toy police said.
According to police Kakoli Jana found the pistol in a garden outside their house at Khanakul in Arambag on Sunday morning and mistook it for a toy.
As the girl was playing with it she fired it accidentally shooting her mother in the back a police officer said.
"The injured woman was rushed to Arambag Hospital. Her condition is critical " he said.
The girl has been detained for questioning.
"The girl said the pistol suddenly went off and the bullet hit her mother sitting in the room. She is in a state of shock " the officer said.
Police said they are investigating how the pistol came to be in the garden.
--IANS mgr/dm/him/vd
According to police Kakoli Jana found the pistol in a garden outside their house at Khanakul in Arambag on Sunday morning and mistook it for a toy.
As the girl was playing with it she fired it accidentally shooting her mother in the back a police officer said.
"The injured woman was rushed to Arambag Hospital. Her condition is critical " he said.
The girl has been detained for questioning.
"The girl said the pistol suddenly went off and the bullet hit her mother sitting in the room. She is in a state of shock " the officer said.
Police said they are investigating how the pistol came to be in the garden.
--IANS mgr/dm/him/vd
