Malangawa (Sarlahi) : A child has been injured by a gunshot in Malangawa, the headquarters of Sarlahi, today.

He is Akash Ram, Ramvishwas Ram, 15, the son of Ram Bishwas Ram, a resident of Malangwa Municipality-4. The teenager was shot while playing with an abandoned pistol found at a place called ‘Dhakaborder’ in Malangwa-4.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Saroj Rai of the District Police Office said that the child was shot in the right hand in the incident.

The police stated that while inspecting an object tied with a red cloth in the corner of the under-construction Hanuman Temple at Dhaka Border, a pistol was found, and the child was injured when the supposedly fake pistol discharged during handling.

The police have stated that the injured boy is being treated at the Provincial Hospital Malangwa and is currently out of danger.