Playing with gun, girl suffers bullet wound

Posted on February 12, 2008 0 Comments1,461

GHAZIABAD: In a freak accident, an 11-year-old girl, Soumya, ended up in hospital with a bullet wound in the head, apparently after she and her younger brother had been playing with a loaded revolver when no adult was at home. The victim is a Class 5 student of Delhi Public School, Meerut Road.


The incident, which occurred around 2 pm at a house in Raj Nagar in Ghaziabad, was brought to the notice of neighbours as Soumya’s five-year-old brother, Ashoo, ran out screaming that his sister was bleeding. The girl was rushed to Yashoda Hospital where her condition is critical, doctors said. District police chief Deepak Ratan described the case as an “accident”. “The boy told us it was an accident. There is nothing complicated about it. Right now, everybody is upset. We will look into the case a little later,” he said.


The children’s father, Sudhir Sahlot, told TOI it “was an accident, when the brother and sister were alone at home”. He refused to elaborate but Kavi Nagar police station chief Ramji Lal revealed details that pointed to sheer callousness.


“The parents told us that the loaded pistol of Sahlot was lying at home, and the bullet was fired accidentally,” Lal said, dismissing the possibility of a case being registered. Sahlot’s pistol was licensed, officials pointed out.


When the incident occurred, Sahlot was away at work in Noida while the girl’s mother and grandmother had gone shopping, leaving behind the children. While the family remained tightlipped, medical reports suggest the 11-year-old couldn’t have been shot at from close range. 

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