A pistol without a magazine was recovered from the school bag of a 10-year-old student in Najafgarh, Delhi, police said on Sunday.
The boy thought it was a toy and took it to school, they said.
According to a senior police officer, the incident took place at a private school in Deepak Vihar area on Saturday, following which the Najafgarh police station received a call.
Upon arriving at the school, the police team found that a Grade 6 student had his father’s licensed pistol in his bag. The pistol had no magazine, the officer said.
The boy’s mother, who was called by the school administration, said her husband was the owner of the licensed gun.
“The woman said her husband had passed away a few months ago and that she had kept the gun outside to deposit it at the police station,” the officer said.
The boy told police he thought it was a toy, the officer added.
Police checked the pistol licence, found it to be valid and determined that no recognisable offence had been committed in the matter.
“The gun was deposited by the child’s mother at the police depot that same day,” the officer said.
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