Jalaun, 10 June (HS): In a tragic

incident on Tuesday in village Pandaura of Kadaura police station area,

30-year-old Durgesh Dwivedi, son of Kripashankar, was seriously injured. The

incident happened when Durgesh was cleaning his licensed pistol and resting it

on a nearby bench. Meanwhile, his four-year-old son Eklavya reached near the

Mauser while playing and unknowingly opened the lock of the weapon and pressed

the trigger. The bullet suddenly fired hit Durgesh's stomach, leaving him

bleeding.

There was a commotion in the house

after the incident. The family immediately took Durgesh to CHC, from where he

was sent to the district hospital in critical condition. When the doctors

declared his condition to be serious, he was referred to Regency Hospital in

Kanpur, where treatment is going on. Police station in-charge Prabhat Singh

said that Durgesh, a resident of Pandaura, had kept his licensed pistol on a

bed after cleaning it and was lying there. Meanwhile, his son started playing

with the pistol and the trigger got pressed and the bullet went off, which hit

Durgesh directly in the stomach. The injured Durgesh has two small children - Son

Eklavya (4 years) and daughter Nitya (6 years). His wife Yamini is inconsolable

due to this incident.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi