A 25-year-old man, who was allegedly drunk, shot an eight-year-old boy who refused to fetch a packet of cigarettes from a local shop in Ghaziabad. The bullet caught the boy in his eye and pierced into his head. He is stated to be in a critical condition at a hospital in Delhi.
Mohammad Nizamuddin, the maternal grandfather of victim Junaid, said the boy had skipped school after Eid and was at home when accused Kale, alias, Tahir asked him to fetch a packet of cigarette from a shop in Dasna locality near NH-24.
“The boy refused. Kale had been seen loitering around in a drunk state with some other men since Sunday. After saying no, Junaid came back home. Meanwhile, Kale and his friends, who were carrying a country-made weapon, started taking selfies. Just then, Junaid moved out of the house and they called him,” Nizamuddin said.
