India, April 21 -- Deputy superintendent of police Yogesh Kumar Sharma, 55, died after his service weapon accidentally discharged at his official residence in the Phagwara police quarters on Tuesday morning.

The Kapurthala police termed the incident an accidental shooting that occurred while the officer was cleaning his revolver in preparation to return it to the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) following his recent transfer to the Bureau of Investigation (BoI) in Chandigarh.

Phagwara superintendent of police Madhvi Sharma said the incident took place around 7:30am while the officer was at home with his mother. According to the family, Sharma had just returned from dropping his daughter at school and began cleaning the weapon when a bul...