Boy accidentally shoots himself in head while taking selfie

AMRTISAR: Selfie craze turned near-fatal for a Class 10 student in Punjab who sustained serious injuries in the head after a gun he was holding 'accidentally' went off.
"Ramandeep was clicking selfie with loaded gun at his house when the incident happened," Senior Superintendent of Police, Pathankot, Rakesh Kumar Kaushal said.
He said the boy was initially rushed to a private hospital with the bullet in his head but was later referred to Ludhiana.
Kaushal said according to boy's parents, his father had gone out of home leaving behind his licensed gun which the boy took for clicking a selfie. The boy sustained serious injuries after the shot was accidently fired, he said.
The Pathankot police have registered a case of accident.
He said the family was in shock now but police would also investigate the entire incident.