PATNA: A 19-year-old class 12 student was allegedly shot dead by a motorcycle-born youth after she rejected his marriage proposal in Bihar’s Samastipur district on Monday.
According to Waini police, the accused, identified as Arvind Gupta, allegedly shot Suman Kumari of Pusa village while she was cycling to her college near Malang Sthan. Police said the accused had earlier threatened to kill her if she refused to marry him.
Police said Suman received four bullet injuries, two each in the neck and chest and died on the spot.
The victim’s family alleged that the accused had pressured Suman to marry him. After she refused, he allegedly stopped her on the street and shot her before fleeing the scene.
After the incident, the residents blocked the Pusa-Samastipur road, demanding the immediate arrest of the accused.
Samastipur Superintendent of Police Amrendra Pratap Singh said a special investigation team (SIT), headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanjay Pandey, has been formed to arrest the accused.
The victim’s mother, Sangeeta Devi, told the police that Gupta had been harassing her daughter for the past five months and had threatened to kill her if she refused to marry him.
A resident of the area said that the accused was upset after the girl stopped talking to him on the phone. The suspect has not yet been caught and further investigations are underway, police said.
