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GREATER NOIDA: A 14-year-old boy was shot during celebratory firing in an engagement ceremony and succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital late on Wednesday.The boy, Gaurav Singh from Ghodi Bachheda village, had gone to Sector MU to attend an engagement ceremony of a neighbour in the evening. They were firing in the air and one of the bullets hit Gaurav,” said Vinod Chauhan, a relative of Gaurav.Gaurav was rushed to Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida , where he was declared dead. Their family could not produce any papers of the pistol used for firing. “Gaurav was brought dead to the hospital at 5.55pm. The body has been sent for an autopsy.SP (rural) Vinit Jaiswal told TOI that prima facie the firing was done from an illegal weapon which has not been recovered yet..