Anantapur: Marketing minister C Adinarayana Reddy’s gunman K. Chandrasekhar Reddy was killed due to a misfiring of the service weapon at his residence in Kadapa district on Thursday.

There is an unconfirmed report that the incident occurred while taking a selfie by one of the family members. SP Babuji Adda, however, made it clear that the constable was killed while cleaning the service weapon, suffering a bullet injury on his back.

Mr Reddy was rushed to a nearby private hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead. Mr Reddy’s family stays at Ravindra Nagar in Kadapa. He is survived by his wife and two sons.