This Article is From Apr 30, 2012

Boy shot dead for plucking mangoes from neighbour's orchard

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Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh): In a shocking incident, a five-year-old boy was shot dead, allegedly by his neighbours for plucking mangoes from their orchard in Fatehpur's Kharai village in Uttar Pradesh.

The boy, Shiva Yadav, was shot by his neighbour Gangadhar Dubey inside his house. This happened at 12:30 pm on Sunday.

Shiva was plucking mangoes from a tree that had fallen inside Mr Dubey's orchard. Angry with Shiva, Mr Dubey chased him down to his house and started firing indiscriminately. One of the bullets hit the five-year-old boy.

Shiva was rushed to the local hospital where he was declared brought dead on arrival.

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