MIRPURKHAS: A nine-year-old girl was killed when the gun being cleaned by her uncle went off in their house in Wali Mohammed Bhurgari village of Kot Ghulam Mohammed taluka on Monday.

Police said that Mitho Bheel was detained for interrogation after they came to know that his niece, Shrimati Radha, fell to the bullet fired with his pistol. They quoted the suspect as telling them that he was cleaning his pistol when it accidentally went off.