A 32-year-old man ‘accidentally’ shot himself dead while ‘fiddling’ with a gun at South Delhi’s Sangam Vihar area. The incident occurred on Monday night when the man identified as Amit, while hanging out with his friends, as a jest, loaded the gun and removed the magazine after he allegedly placed it on the temple and pulled the trigger. A shot was fired, injuring the man, however, he later succumbed to injuries during treatment.

According to police, the deceased was identified as Amit Kumar (32) is a resident of Sangam Vihar. Deputy Commissioner Police (South) Vijay Kumar stated that a Medico Legal Case (MLC) call was received at Sangam Vihar Police Station around 1.30 am on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday from Batra Hospital regarding admittance of an injured person with bullet injury, who was later referred to AIIMS Trauma Centre.

“During investigations, it was revealed that late night on Monday Amit had gone to meet a friend identified as Bablu at Gandhi Camp, Sangam Vihar.

The two of them reportedly consumed beer before deciding to leave for Amit’s residence,” said the DCP.

“On the way, Amit asked Bablu to stop at the house of another friend identified as Rajnish,” the DCP said, adding that, during the visit, Amit’s friend Rajnish saw the weapon Amit was concealing in his clothes by chance.

However, Rajnish started enquiring about the gun and started questioning Amit, who insisted that he was keeping the gun only for his protection and nothing would happen to him.

To validate his statement, Amit allegedly took out the gun he was concealing and removed the magazine. Further, he placed the gun on his temple before pulling the trigger.

“Rajnish reportedly tried to stop Amit, while his other friend Bablu, who was at a distance also tried to stop him, but in vain. Amit pressed the trigger and a shot was fired which injured him,” said the DCP, adding that he was immediately rushed to Batra Hospital by two passersby identified as Sumit and Rahul, who happened to be sitting in a street nearby.

In the mean time, Bablu collected the weapon and rushed to Amit’s house and informed his brother about the incident, the DCP disclosed.

“Amit was referred to AIIMS Trauma Center, where he was later declared dead at the center during treatment,” DCP said, adding that a case under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Arms act was registered in this regard at Sangam Vihar Police Station. “Further investigation into the incident is underway,” he added.