In Babupur village, UP's Shahjahanpur, a class 5 student was fatally shot by a villager, Veerpal, and his son, Akash, after they mistook him for a thief while he was guarding his family's crop field. The incident occurred as the boy delivered dinner to his father. Both accused have been arrested and charged with murder.
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