Close X
Thursday, January 9, 2025
ADVT 
National

Pathankot Boy Dies After Shooting Himself While Taking A Selfie

Darpan News Desk, 01 May, 2016 01:30 PM
    A 15-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with his father’s revolver while taking a selfie died in Ludhiana on Sunday. With bullet stuck in his head, critically injured Ramandeep Singh was shifted to a hospital in Ludhiana where he succumbed to his injuries.
     
    The incident occurred Friday night night when Ramandeep was trying to take a selfie on his mobile phone with the licensed .32 bore revolver while pointing the weapon to his head, Pathankot Deputy Superintendent of Police (City) Manoj Kumar said.
     
    The revolver belonged to Ramandeep’s father Gurkirpal Singh who is a property dealer. “As per statement given by his father, Ramandeep sustained bullet injury while taking selife with a revolver and the shot got accidentally fired,” DSP said.
     
     
    This is not the first time when a selfie-related accident has come to light. 
     
    In January this year, a youth from Kashmir fell to his death while taking a selfie from atop Reasi Fort in Jammu and Kashmir. Abhishek Gupta (20) climbed to the top of the fort to take a selfie when he slipped and fell on a boulder resulting in head injuries. 

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Tim Bosma Trial: Dellen Millard's Ex-girlfriend Says She Thought Nothing Of Hiding Video Camera

    Tim Bosma Trial: Dellen Millard's Ex-girlfriend Says She Thought Nothing Of Hiding Video Camera
    Christina Noudga told a Hamilton court that Dellen Millard gave her a video camera that she hid in her closet, but says she thought nothing of it even after her boyfriend was charged with the murder of Bosma in 2013.

    Tim Bosma Trial: Dellen Millard's Ex-girlfriend Says She Thought Nothing Of Hiding Video Camera

    Drunk Driving Conviction Stands For Ontario Sleeping Man Found In Parked Truck

    Drunk Driving Conviction Stands For Ontario Sleeping Man Found In Parked Truck
    TORONTO — A drunk man found sleeping behind the wheel of his idling parked truck has lost his bid to take his impaired driving conviction to Ontario's top court.

    Drunk Driving Conviction Stands For Ontario Sleeping Man Found In Parked Truck

    Jonathan Nicola , South Sudanese 'Teen' On Ontario High School Basketball Scholarship Likely 29

    Jonathan Nicola , South Sudanese 'Teen' On Ontario High School Basketball Scholarship Likely 29
    "I am not a liar person," Nicola recently told an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing via video conference.

    Jonathan Nicola , South Sudanese 'Teen' On Ontario High School Basketball Scholarship Likely 29

    Researcher To Ending Decade-Long Hunt For Nova Scotia Cougar

    Researcher To Ending Decade-Long Hunt For Nova Scotia Cougar
    HALIFAX — After 10 years of patiently waiting for Nova Scotia's ghost cougar to appear, a determined researcher working in the dark forests of Kejimkujik National Park is calling it quits.

    Researcher To Ending Decade-Long Hunt For Nova Scotia Cougar

    Case Put Over For Man Charged With Murder In Stabbing Of Montreal Store Clerk

    Case Put Over For Man Charged With Murder In Stabbing Of Montreal Store Clerk
    Randy Tshilumba appeared in a Montreal courtroom today in connection with the April 10 slaying of Clemence Beaulieu-Patry, 20.

    Case Put Over For Man Charged With Murder In Stabbing Of Montreal Store Clerk

    Christy Clark Draws Fire For Taking B.C. Liberal Party Stipend Above Her Salary

    Christy Clark Draws Fire For Taking B.C. Liberal Party Stipend Above Her Salary
    The stipend is in addition to the premier's annual salary of about $195,000, is a long-standing tradition in the party and former premier Gordon Campbell received $90,000 at one point.

    Christy Clark Draws Fire For Taking B.C. Liberal Party Stipend Above Her Salary