A 12-year-old child was shot dead allegedly for plucking mangoes from an orchard in Bihar’s Gogri police station limits of Khagariya area on Thursday.
The incident occurred when the boy was playing with other children in Shergarh village and had ventured into the orchard to pluck some mangoes.
The suspect, on seeing the boy plucking mangoes, got enraged and then allegedly shot him in the head, killing the boy instantly. The accused fled after the incident.