Lucknow, March 3 -- A Class 7 student was shot dead in the Krishnanagar area of Lucknow today evening while he had gone out to attend a birthday party with friends, police said.
The deceased, identified as Unaiz, was a resident of the Behsa Shaheed Path area in Sarojini Nagar. His father, Jameer Khan, who runs an electrical shop, said that his son had left home after his friends invited him to celebrate a birthday.
According to the family, they received a call around 7:30 pm informing them that Unaiz had met with a road accident. The family rushed him to Lokbandhu Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
However, the father has alleged that his son was shot in the head and that there was an attempt to conceal the incident by portraying...