India, Nov. 27 -- A teenage boy and a man have been detained after a 19-year-old was killed in an accidental firing at Kontha Ahallup Awang Leikai under Heingang police station in Manipur's Imphal East district, the police said on Thursday.

According to the police, Ashem Tondonba Meitei (19), a resident of Kontha Ahallup Leikai and son of A. Gonindro Meitei, sustained bullet injuries in an accidental firing incident and succumbed to his injuries at Raj Medicity, Imphal, on November 25. The incident occurred when the deceased was shot by one of his juvenile friends who was holding a licensed barrel gun belonging to Nandeibam Hemanta Singh (52), son of N. Mangi Singh of Khabam Heibong Makhong under the same police station.

Tondonba and th...