10-yr-old boy shot dead in Bihar for plucking mangoes from orchard

KHAGARIA: A 10-year-old boy here was shot dead in Khagaria district of Bihar, about 175 kms from capital Patna, where he had allegedly entered an orchard, climbed a tree and plucked mangoes, police said on Fritoday. Satyam, a resident of Shergarh village under Gogari police station area, had entered the orchard yesterday and spotted by guard Rama Yadav who asked the boy to stop plucking the fruits and leave, Gogari SHO Deepak Kumar Yadav told PTI over phone. When the boy paid no heed, Yadav flew into rage and fired from his gun, Yadav said adding that the child received the bullet in his head. Yadav fled the spot even as villagers gathered at the spot hearing the sound of the gunshot and informed the police, the SHO said adding "the boy had died by the time we reached the site of the incident".