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BAREILLY: In a bizarre incident, a class XII student, who was trying to make a TikTok video using his parent’s licensed revolver, shot himself accidentally when it went off in Hafiz Ganj area of Bareilly on Monday.

The incident occurred in Mudia Bhaikampur village of Nawabganj in the district, Nawabganj circle officer Yogendra Kumar said.

According to him, Keshav, 18-year-old son of Army man Virendra Kumar, had pressured his mother Gayitri to give him the revolver for making the TikTok video.

Keshav was preparing for national eligibility-cum-entrance test (NEET) and was fond of sharing his videos on TikTok. He had even earlier shared his pictures with a revolver on social media.

His father who is posted in Roorkee and was to retire this month-end, refused to hand over his son’s body for a post-mortem.

Suresh Pal Singh, Hafizganj station house officer, told TOI, “The family told us that Keshav took the licenced revolver from his mother for making a TikTok video and went inside his room. Sometime later, the mother heard the noise of a gunshot and rushed towards Keshav’s room. She found him writhing in pain with blood all over his body. He was rushed to a private hospital where the doctor declared him brought dead. The family refused to send the body for autopsy and gave us in writing that they don’t require police. There was no suicide note with the body and the family members told us that their son shot himself accidentally while recording a video. The body has been cremated by the family without autopsy.”

SSP Shailesh Pandey said, “I have asked the SHO to seize the revolver and take further steps for the cancellation of firearm’s license for showing negligence in keeping the weapon.”

