Panaji, October 29: A four-year-old boy died after he accidentally fired the service pistol of his father, serving as a police head constable at himself, police said on Friday. The incident occurred at the Bicholim sub-district in North Goa.

The victim's father Dasharath Vaigankar had returned home from his duty in a VIP security detail and had left his service pistol in the drawing-room, before going to freshen up, when his four-year-old son picked up the gun and accidentally shot himself.  Maharashtra: Police Constable Stabbed In Face In Thane's Ulhasnagar As He Tries To Stop Fight Between Two Groups; Accused Absconding.

"A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Bicholim police station," a Goa Police spokesperson said.

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