Friday, Jun 12, 2026 23:00 [IST]
Last Update: Thursday, Jun 11, 2026 17:22 [IST]
GANGTOK,: A four-year-old boy was allegedly fatally hit with a spearhead by his
relative on June 10 evening hours at Upper Bermoik in Gyalshing district.
The
42-year-old accused, identified as Pourna Bahadur Lepcha has been arrested by
police and a FIR was registered at Dentam police station, informed Gyalshing SP
Tshering Sherpa.
As
per preliminary investigations, it was revealed that the accused was reportedly
suffering from mental instability. He suddenly attacked the child with a
spearhead, which he used to keep beneath his pillow due to a belief that it
helped ward off evil spirits, as per police.
The
victim had been brought to Rinchenpong PHC at around 5:55 pm on June 10. The
child had sustained a lacerated wound measuring 4 cm × 1 cm below the left
clavicle and was bleeding actively from the nose and mouth.
Upon
being brought to the ER, the child showed no signs of life and was declared
brought dead at 1745 hours by the attending Medical Officer at Rinchenpong PHC.
Based
on the aforesaid information, Kaluk PS registered a Zero FIR Case under Section
103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 against Purna Bahadur Lepcha and
subsequently transferred to Dentam Police Station for investigation, as the
place of occurrence falls within its jurisdiction.
Accordingly,
a regular case vide Dentam Police Station case FIR No. 06/2026 dated 10/06/2026
u/s 103(1) has been registered on the basis of the Zero FIR and was taken up
for investigation.
