New Delhi: A young man from Uttar Pradesh was accidentally shot dead by his teenaged cousin whose photographs he was clicking in south Delhi, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred on Thursday evening when Prashant, 23, was clicking Rishabh's photos at the latter's residence in Madanpur Khadar, where he had arrived to attend a relative's wedding.

Details of the incident

According to police, while Rishab's mother Mangesh was busy making preparations to attend the wedding, Rishabh took out his businessman father Pramod Chauhan's licensed pistol from an almirah and began performing stunts. As Prashant and Rishabh's sister Sakshi clicked his photos, the teenager accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting Prashant in the abdomen."

Prashant was declared brought dead at nearby Apollo hospital.

Rishabh, who has appeared in Class X board exams, has been booked in the case and is being questioned.

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Bengaluru: Mystery shrouded the death of a young woman who was found with her throat and wrist slit on Wednesday.

Prabhudhya (21), who was studying in second PUC, lived with her mother and brother. She was found dead in the bathroom of her house in Subrahmanyapura on Wednesday evening with her throat and wrist slit, police said.

The incident came to light around 7 pm on Wednesday.

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The PUC student is said to have died of excess bleeding.

Bengaluru South Division DCP Lokesh B Jagalasar said an investigation is on and would cover all aspects of the incident.

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