Boy, 9, Shot Dead in Celebratory Firing by Samajwadi party Workers

Mangalore Today News Network

Shamli, Feb 08, 2016:  A nine-year-old boy was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday when workers of the ruling Samajwadi Party were allegedly firing shots in the air to celebrate a local election victory.

The police were allegedly present when a large crowd of Samajwadi Party workers fired shots for around half an hour in the Shamli district.

The boy, Harsh, was passing on a rickshaw with his mother when he was shot in the chest.

He was taken to the hospital, where he died.

Harsh’s relatives took his body and sat in protest on a highway, blocking traffic for hours in that part of western Uttar Pradesh.

A video of the firing shows men, allegedly Samajwadi workers, walking on the road with rifles, firing shots, clapping and dancing, facing no restrictions.  There have been no arrests till now.