India, Feb. 11 -- A 37-year-old woman was shot dead inside her home in Delhi's Jungpura area late Monday night. According to the police, the woman died due to an accidental firing involving her own son. The victim, identified as Sumati, was brought dead to Moolchand Hospital with a gunshot wound to her face. Police investigations revealed that the shot was fired by Sumati's 18-year-old son, Tarun, who has been arrested.

The police said that a PCR call regarding the incident was received at around 10.39 pm on Monday at the Lajpat Nagar police station. Subsequent inquiry traced the place of occurrence to Pant Nagar, Jungpura, falling under the jurisdiction of Hazrat Nizamuddin police station.

According to senior police officers, the incid...