Infant dies in accidental firing by her father in Dolakha

DOLAKHA: An infant girl has died in an accidental firing with a home-made pistol that her father was toying with at their home in Bhimsen Municipality-7 of Dolakha on Friday.

Ram Krishna Chaulagain, the suspect, however, had lied to police initially by telling them that his 10-month-old daughter died after the television they were watching together burst all of a sudden on Friday evening.

Police recovered the pistol and also enquired other members of the family about the incident.

Further investigation is underway, DSP at District Police Office Dolakha, Bel Bahadur Pandey said.

Chaulagain was also injured in the incident.