Pistol loaded, camera rolling: Moments before Delhi property dealer shot himself dead

NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old spot trader died aft helium allegedly fired his cousin’s pistol portion checking it astatine a location successful eastbound Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar, constabulary said. The man, identified arsenic Pawan Kumar, was a nonmigratory of Dallupura. According to police, the pistol belonged to his cousin, who had obtained a licence for the limb successful February this year. A video of the incident, which has circulated connected societal media, shows Kumar inserting a mag into a licensed pistol and loading the weapon. His cousin, Himanshu, tin beryllium heard advising him connected handling the firearm and cautioning him against firing it. Moments later, Kumar places the pistol against the near broadside of his chest, concisely looks towards the camera and pulls the trigger. He collapses immediately, arsenic Himanshu reacts successful shock.

Police said preliminary enquiry revealed that the pistol belonged to Himanshu. The weapon, on with 10 unrecorded cartridges, has been seized. The mobile telephone utilized to grounds the video has besides been taken into possession, and applicable exhibits person been collected from the scene, officers said. The assemblage has been shifted to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital for a post-mortem examination. Police person registered a lawsuit nether Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and applicable provisions of the Arms Act astatine New Ashok Nagar constabulary station.