Sad: Man Shoots Dead Own Son fter Mistaking Him for a Monkey

In what can only be described as a sad story, a
farmer in southern Nepal shot dead his 12-year-
old son, after mistaking him for a monkey trying
to steal his crops.
The 12-year old boy, Chitra Bahadur Pulami, had
been climbing a tree to chase away Macaque
Monkeys that had become a nuisance to the
family but his father Gupta Bahadur, 55, spotted
the boy and opened fire, wrongly believing him
to be one of the animals.
According to Arun Poudel, deputy
superintendent of police in the remote
Arghakhanchi district, “The son was hiding in a
tree at their farm to chase away monkeys that
used to come searching for food in the maize
field… The son died on the spot after Gupta
Bahadur mistakenly thought there was a monkey
in the tree and opened fire. Our preliminary
investigation shows that the father was unaware
that his son had gone to the maize field to chase
the monkeys.”
The police superintendent continues, “Both
Gupta Bahadur and the gun that he used in
shooting his son are now under the custody of
the police.”
Meanwhile, the farmer, Gupta Bahadur was
quoted as saying “I realised my mistake only
when my son fell down and got stuck in one of
the tree’s branches.”