A teenage girl was allegedly shot dead by her brother in Saharanpur after she refused to stop texting on her phone, police said on Monday.

The incident took place in Shekhpura Kadeem village on Sunday night when Muskan (17) was allegedly using her mobile phone and her brother Aditya asked her to stop texting, Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Abhimaniyu Manglik said.

Muskan allegedly had an affair with a youth so she continued chatting and refused to listen to her brother and as the argument escalated, Aditya allegedly shot her dead by a country-made pistol, the ASP said.

Their mother, Babita, was in another room of the house when the incident took place, he said.

During police interrogation, Babita said that her daughter was injured when she was shot and was admitted to the district hospital where she died.

Senior Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada said that the girl’s family had not given any information to the police. He said the incident came to light when a memo reached Dehat Kotwali from the district hospital. Police reached the spot and took Babita into custody. When interrogated, Babita said that her elder son, 18-year-old Aditya, had shot Muskan as she was having a love affair with a Muslim youth from the same village. 

The SSP said that the body was sent for post-mortem and the family had not yet filed a complaint. He said the father of the deceased worked in Dehradun and had not reached Saharanpur yet and further action would be taken only after his arrival. 

The SSP said that three police teams had been formed to arrest Aditya.