VDG’s gun goes off accidentally, teen son dies

JAMMU: The 16-year-old lad of a Village Defence Guard (VDG) died aft the latter’s weapon went disconnected accidentally astatine his location successful Chatroo, successful J&K’s Kishtwar district, precocious Saturday.Police said VDG Piary Lal, a nonmigratory of Chatroo’s Loidhar, had been cleaning his weapon erstwhile a slug was fired inadvertently, hitting his lad Anuj Kumar, a people XI student.

The teen died connected the spot.On being informed, a constabulary squad reached the spot and seized the firearm, too shifting the assemblage to a adjacent infirmary for autopsy. Cops said inquest proceedings were underway to ascertain the circumstances starring to the firing, and further investigations were on.“After post-mortem and different ineligible formalities, the assemblage was handed implicit to the household for past rites,” a policeman said.