Mohali, Oct. 21 -- A 57-year-old government contractor allegedly shot himself with his licensed pistol at his home in Model Town, Chhaju Majra, Kharar, on Sunday, police said.

The incident came to light around 1pm on Sunday, when the deceased's daughter called her grandfather and told him that her father had suffered a gunshot injury after she reached home.

The man was at home alone when the incident occurred. His father, a 73-year-old retired registrar, had gone to CP Mall with one of his granddaughters. When he reached home, he found his son lying beside the bed with a gunshot wound, blood around him. The family then called the police emergency helpline 112.

According to the family, the man had been living with his father and five da...