LUCKNOW: In a freak incident, an 11-year-old boy was accidentally shot by a 10-year-old while playing 'chor-sipahi' in Kaushambi district on Saturday evening. Karari police said that the incident took place when the 'accused', who is the son of a local political functionary, used a loaded licensed pistol, which was kept in the house, while playing.
Kaushambi SP Hemraj Meena told TOI that around 7 pm, three children, including one aged 10 whose father owned the pistol and 11-year-old victim along with nine-year-old boy from the neighbourhood, were playing 'chor-sipahi'. The house belonged to a political party functionary, who is the father of the accused boy.