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200 people booked in Shamli firing incident, hunt on for others

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Police have booked 200 persons in connection with the death of an eight-year-old boy in Shamli district in celebratory firing by Samajwadi Party (SP) workers and announced a cash reward for any information on five absconding accused.

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A case was registered against 200 unidentified persons 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 on Wednesday.

A reward of Rs 5,000 will be given to those who provide information about any of the five accused – Gayyur (the husband of the newly-elected block pramukh), Saleem, Mumtaz, Mehtab and Nafis.

Meanwhile, 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. He said that guilty will not be spared and strict action will be taken against them.

Four other accused – Ehsan, Shadab, Raqib and Sadiq – were arrested yesterday in this connection on the basis of a video clip.

The SP workers were celebrating the victory of party candidate Nafisa in the local body polls from the town last week when eight-year-old Sami, who was passing by Kairana area in a rickshaw, was killed in the firing.

SP leader and Kairana MLA Nahid Hasan has been earlier booked along with 30 of his supporters for allegedly threatening the two journalists from a leading English news channel who had gone to cover the incident.

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