New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) A 12-year-old boy has been killed in celebratory firing at a wedding party here, police said Wednesday. The accused has been arrested.

People from the groom’s family began firing in the air at Shahbad area at around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

A bullet hit Amit Singh, who had come to attend his aunt’s marriage, in the head. ‘He died on the spot,’ a police officer said. The man who shot him was identified as Barsana.