Mandya (Karnataka), Feb. 17 -- A 13-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his three-year-old cousin while playing police-thief game with a loaded gun at a poultry farm in Mandya district on Sunday, police said.
According to the Nagamangala police, the deceased was the son of migrant labourers from West Bengal, who were employed at a poultry farm owned by Congress leader Narasimhamurthy. The teenager was visiting his relatives along with his parents, who work on a neighbouring farm.
An investigating officer stated that the children were playing a game of thief-police when the older boy discovered a loaded gun on a shelf, kept there for security purposes. While handling the firearm, he accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting his young...