Agra, May 3 -- A man on Friday allegedly shot a nine-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district after the boy refused to bring him water while he was drinking liquor.

The incident took place in Yakutganj village, within the Sahawar police station limits. The victim, Yashpal, and the accused Dhanesh Yadav were attending a naming ceremony at the house of Jasveer Gola, a relative of the victim's father Sukhveer Singh.

Singh informed station house officer (SHO) Govind Ballabh Sharma that the accused allegedly shot his son when he refused to fetch water.

"When the boy refused, the accused, allegedly in an inebriated state, lost his temper and shot him in the abdomen," police said.

Circle officer Shahida Nasreen said Yashpal was taken...