ABBOTTABAD: Police have arrested three persons on the charges of firing in the air during a wedding ceremony in which a child was killed here on June 12.

The police also recovered three pistols from their possessions. The bridegroom and his father have already beenarrestedin the case.

Sources said that Hasher Javed, a student of prep class, was killed dur-ing firing in the air at the wedding ceremony of the son of one Afsar Khan in Kagian area on June 12.

A case was registered under sec-tion 322 in Nara police station, while DPO Sajjad Khan took notice of the incident and ordered the local police to ensure immediate arrest of the accused.

The Nara policearrested the accused Habib, a resident of Hari Khetar, Naseer and Bilal and recovered three pistols from their possession.