GHAZIABAD: A two-year-old girl was allegedly shot in the head after her father's licensed pistol accidentally went off while he was cleaning it. The girl died on Tuesday morning while being treated in Columbia Asia Hospital in Ghaziabad.According to police, the incident took place on Sunday when Vikas Sharma, a resident of Panchsheel Greens, a high-rise society in Noida Extension, was cleaning his licensed pistol. Vikas, a businessman, and has been living in the society for the past one year.Raj Kumar Sharma, SHO of Kavi Nagar police station told TOI that the hospital informed them about the incident on Tuesday. "The girl, Yati Sharma, died at 4am on Tuesday during the treatment. The body has been sent for autopsy and the results are awaited," Sharma said. "Vikas was cleaning his pistol on Sunday evening while his daughter was playing on the bed in front of him. Vikas, who assumed that the gun was not loaded went off and the bullet hit the girl's head. In an attempt to hush up the matter, her parents took her to a Ghaziabad hospital for treatment," the SHO added."We will send the post-mortem report to the Bisrakh police station, as the case falls under their jurisdiction and then they will further investigate," Sharma added. Manoj Pathak, SHO of Bisrakh police station said, "We will investigate the matter once we receive the reports.""In this type of cases, the accused's pistol licence is cancelled and an FIR is registered under IPC section of accidental death," Pathak said.Despite several attempts, the family members of the girl refused to comment on the matter.Columbia Asia Hospital's spokesperson in a statement said, "The girl was brought to the hospital by her parents around 8.30 pm on February 24. The bullet was stuck in her head and though our doctors tried their level best to save her life, the girl succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday morning.

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