Noida: Man shoots dead girlfriend after she refuses to marry him
Noida (PTI): A 25-year-old woman was shot dead allegedly by her partner, with police suspecting that he killed her after she refused to marry him.
The accused is absconding, and multiple teams have been formed to nab him, they added.
According to police, the incident took place in the Phase 2 area on Friday evening when Krishna (26) opened fire at his girlfriend Sonu (25) at her paying guest accommodation here, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Shakti Mohan Avasthy said.
Upon receiving information, a police police team reached the spot and took the woman to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead, the officer said.
A forensic team examined the crime scene, and the body was sent for a post-mortem after completing legal formalities.
"Initial inquiry revealed that Krishna went to the woman's room and shot her due to a dispute between the two," the DCP added.
An FIR has been registered, and police teams have been deployed to arrest the accused. Other legal procedures are underway, officials said.
The woman, hailing from Amroha, and Krishna, a native of Bihar, earlier worked together at a factory and had been in a relationship since then. She was currently employed as a domestic help.
Krishna was allegedly pressuring her to marry him, and her refusal is suspected to have led to the shooting, police said.
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Electorate in 9 states, UTs shrink by 1.70 crore after SIR
New Delhi (PTI): Voter base in nine states and Union territories has shrunk by more than 1.70 crore following the publication of final electoral rolls as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to official data.
The data shared by the chief electoral officers of Gujarat, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa and Kerala on Saturday showed that their combined voter base stood at over 21.45 crore before the SIR exercise began on October 27 last year.
It shrunk to 19.75 crore after publication of their final electoral rolls this week, a net change of over 1.70 crore electors.
While the exercise, which kept the Election Commission in the spotlight, has been completed in Bihar, it is currently underway in 12 states and Union territories covering nearly 60 crore electors.
The remaining 40 crore electors will be covered in 17 states and five Union territories.
In Assam, a "special revision", instead of SIR, was completed on February 10.
Due to a variety of reasons, the SIR in the nine states and three Union territories have seen frequent tweaking in schedules.
As in Bihar, political parties have approached the Supreme Court challenging the exercise in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
