Kolkata, June 18: In a bizarre incident, a girl in West Bengal accidentally shot her mother while playing with a loaded pistol, thinking it was a toy. According to a recent tweet by ANI, the incident took place in Hooghly district of West Bengal on June 16.  Police said they are investigating how the pistol came to be in the garden.

Reports inform that the mother saw the pistol lying outside the house and gave it to her, thinking it was a toy. Reports inform that injured woman was rushed to Arambag Hospital and her condition was found to be critical.  “The girl said the pistol suddenly went off and the bullet hit her mother sitting in the room. She is in a state of shock,” a Police officer said.

Details by Police inform that the mother, identified as Kakoli Jana, found the pistol in a garden outside their house at Khanakul in Arambag on Sunday morning and mistook it for a toy. "The girl said the pistol suddenly went off and the bullet hit her mother sitting in the room. She is in a state of shock," the officer said. Police informed that the girl has been detained for questioning.

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