Policeman shoots girl's brother, injures her mother after engagement cancelled
BHOPAL: A policeman shot dead a girl's brother and injured her mother, after his engagement was cancelled.
Ajit Chauhan, the policeman, barged into the girl's house in Shahpura and began firing at her family members.
While the girl's brother was shot dead, her mother was injured and is undergoing treatment. The girl and her father somehow managed to save themselves and snatched his gun, before shutting him in the kitchen.
The girl's family said that as he threatened and harassed them, they decided to call off the engagement. However, he got so infuriated that he entered their house and killed her brother. The victims said that he was hell-bent on killing the entire family. The girl's mother is undergoing treatment in the hospital.
Chauhan, who is posted with a special armed forces (SAF) wing of the Madhya Pradesh police, had his duty at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Bhopal. The murder accused has been arrested and the rifle has been seized. The police officials are conducting a probe in this regard. [March 31, 2021 NewsBits.in]