This Article is From Mar 07, 2012

Boy killed in Samajwadi workers' celebratory firing

Lucknow: A minor boy was killed in Uttar Pradesh's Bhim Nagar district on Tuesday afternoon when supporters of the Samajwadi Party (SP) fired in the air to celebrate the victory of party candidate Iqbal Masood in the assembly polls, police said.

The 13-year-old boy was killed in Deep Sarai area in Sambhal. He was standing near some Samajwadi Party workers who were firing shots when a bullet hit him in the chest. He died on the spot.

The police said that a First Information Report was lodged against three people. "We are looking for them and am sure that they would be apprehended," a police official said.

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