India, Feb. 22 -- A 25-year-old man who killed a two-and-a-half-year-old boy in celebratory firing during a wedding procession in Noida on February 16 was arrested on Saturday, police said.

The accused was identified as Hitesh alias Happy, a resident of Nathupur village, DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, Haryana. He was arrested near the service road behind Noida Sector 47 and an illegal .32-bore pistol was recovered from his possession, police said. His accomplice, Deepanshu Kumar, 24, a second-year law student and a resident of DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, was arrested on February 19 in Sector 47.

"Happy was on the run after killing the boy but our team tracked him down and arrested him. His accomplice, Deepanshu, is already in jail. We have recovered...