February 10, 2016 5:37 PM

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Another accused arrested in Shamli firing incident

Another person was arrested today in connection with the death of an eight-year-old boy in Shamli district during celebratory firing by SP workers. Circle Officer Nishank Sharma said that the accused Aslem was nabbed in Kairana area on the basis of a video clip of the firing incident that took place last week. This is the fifth arrest made in the case so far.<br/> <br/>As many as 200 unidentified persons have been booked under relevant sections of IPC in this connection yesterday, said Shamli SP Vijay Bhushan. Police have also announced a reward of 5,000 rupees for any information on other five absconding accused. SP leader and Kairana MLA Nahid Hasan had 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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