Jhansi: In a heartbreaking incident reported from Uttar Pradesh, a wedding celebration turned into mourning after a bride-to-be was shot dead by her jilted lover inside a beauty parlor in Jhansi district of the state on Sunday.
Both the victim and the accused are residents of Datia district of Madhya Pradesh while as the tragic incident took place in Chirgaon area of Jhansi while the bride had gone to the parlour.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh S. confirmed the incident adding intense efforts are underway to capture the accused identified as Deepak Ahirwar. Raids are being conducted, and specialized teams are searching for the accused to bring him to book, he said.
It is learnt that the incident took place at around 9 PM on Sunday while the bride was getting ready at a local beauty parlor accompanied by her friends. Deepak, distraught over her impending marriage to another man, seizing an opportunity, shattered the parlor's glass window, entered the premises, and shot his girlfriend with a pistol before fleeing.
