India, Dec. 30 -- A man died after a gun holstered at his waist accidentally went off while he was getting up from a sofa in Dhani Sucha Singh village on Monday, media reports said.

The victim, identified as Harpinder Singh alias Sonu, was an NRI who had recently returned to India.

The incident was reportedly captured on the house's CCTV cameras.

He succumbed to his injuries while en route.

Harpinder's body has been sent for postmortem examination. Station House Officer Ravinder Sharma of Sadar Police Station recorded the statement of Harpinder's father, Darshan Singh, and took action under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), subsequently handing over the body to the family.

Harpinder, who had recently married and retur...