Muzaffarnagar: An eight-year-old boy was killed in a celebratory firing by Samajwadi Party (SP) workers at Kairana town in Shamli district on Sunday, triggering protests by the residents. Irate locals blocked the Khatima-Panipat Highway to protest the death of the boy.

The victim, Sami, was passing by Kairana area in a rickshaw when he was hit during the firing by SP workers on Sunday, Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Jha said.