Man, girlfriend shot dead outside temple

  • | Tuesday | 26th March, 2019

He shot at the woman after her parents fixed her marriage with another man in April. “My son had taken a loan from her and she, of late, had been prodding him to return the money. The accused Dheeraj, who is a contract worker in the post-office, was reportedly in relationship with a woman from the neighbourhood. “My son had told me about his plans to marry her and I had given my consent. Meanwhile, a 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shooting a 25-year-woman in Tronica City on Monday afternoon.

Ghaziabad: A 26-year-old man and his 32-year-old girlfriend were shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday morning while they were coming out of a temple in Kotwali area.They were shot at least three times each from point blank range and died on the spot.The man’s father said his son had taken a loan from a woman for setting up his business and expressed suspicion that she could be involved in the double murder.The man, Annu Chauhan, was a resident of Sarvodaya Nagar, and his girlfriend Preeti was from Pratap Vihar. They had been in a relationship for the past three years and were going to get engaged in a couple of days.Chauhan’s father Kushal Singh, who retired as a havildar in the Army, said there were eight CCTV cameras installed on the temple premises, but none of them was working.Passersby informed police and with the help of the registration number of the scooter on which the couple had come to the temple, they informed the families.SP (city) Shlok Kumar said Chauhan, originally from Uttarakhand, had been running a glass shop in Ghaziabad for the past few years, while Preeti worked at a private school in Indirapuram. “An investigation has been initiated. Prima facie, it looks like the handiwork of a stalker,” he said.Kushal Singh accused one Kalpana for killing his son. “My son had taken a loan from her and she, of late, had been prodding him to return the money. She had even met my son a few days ago over this issue,” he added.Singh, however, did not have much information about his son’s relationship with Preeti. “My son had told me about his plans to marry her and I had given my consent. Preeti had told my son that her brother and mother were ready but he needed to talk to her father,” he added.Preeti’s father, too, did not have any problem with their relationship. Meanwhile, a 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shooting a 25-year-woman in Tronica City on Monday afternoon. The accused Dheeraj, who is a contract worker in the post-office, was reportedly in relationship with a woman from the neighbourhood. He shot at the woman after her parents fixed her marriage with another man in April.

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