BOKARO: A three-year-old boy died after a pistol handed to him by his maternal uncle allegedly went off while he was playing with it in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred around 6am at Colonel Market, within the Marafari police station area, they said.The child suffered a bullet injury and was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, Marafari police station officer-in-charge Sanjay Kumar said.“The boy died while playing with the pistol allegedly given by his maternal uncle. The gun suddenly went off, and the boy sustained a bullet injury,” he said.The uncle, Rajesh Kumar (21), is absconding with the weapon. Police have registered a case based on a complaint filed by the child’s mother and are conducting raids at several locations to apprehend him, a senior officer said.According to the mother, her brother arrived at their home in the morning. When the boy asked his maternal uncle for chocolates, he allegedly gave him the pistol instead.The mother claimed that the weapon went off while the child was playing with it.(With inputs from PTI)
