citiesUpdated: Jan 24, 2020 00:53 ISTDepressed over his mother’s death, a 17-year-old boy shot himself with his father’s licensed pistol at their Phase-9 house on Thursday. Police said the boy returned home after tuitions in the afternoon and shot himself in the bathroom with a 32-bore pistol belonging to his father, a property consultant. The boy’s younger brother was home, while his stepmother had gone to pick up his another brother from school when he took the extreme step. The family in its statement said he had got hold of his father’s pistol, which was kept in a suitcase,” said Kulveer Singh, station house officer, Phase 11, Mohali. After returning home from tuitions, he did not talk to his younger brother and locked himself in the bathroom.

Source: Hindustan Times January 23, 2020 19:23 UTC