Muzaffarnagar : Another person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of an eight-year-old boy in Shamli district during celebratory firing by SP workers even as 200 unidentified persons were booked in the case.
The accused, identified as Aslem, was nabbed in Kairana area on the basis of a video clip of the firing incident that took place last week, Caircle Officer Nishank Sharma said.
This is the fifth arrest made in the case so far. As many as 200 unidentified persons have been booked under section 147 (rioting), 148 (Rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 and 143 (unlawful assembly), and 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of IPC in this connection on Tuesday, SP Vijay Bhushan said.
Police have also announced a reward of Rs 5,000 for any information on other five absconding accused – Gayyur (the husband of the newly-elected block pramukh), Saleem, Mumtaz, Mehtab and Nafis. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the boy killed in firing, an official spokesman said here. The CM said that the guilty will not be spared and strict action will be taken against them.−PTI