Unidentified assailants sprayed a lady teacher of a primary school with bullets in broad daylight, sending shock waves at Mainpuri on Friday.
The victim’s family members lodged a report, accusing her husband and in-laws of orchestrating the killing.
A case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy.
As per reports, Chandraka alias Monika Yadav used to live at her in-laws' place on Devi Road of Bichwa locality in Mainpuri and served as a teacher at a government-run primary school in Ruppur area on Karhal Road in Mainpuri.
On Friday morning, Monika left for school and en route she was stopped by gunmen who peppered her with bullets, causing instant death. Reacting to the staccato of gunshots, some neighbours rushed outside their houses and found Monika lying in a pool of blood on the road. They later informed the local police and the cops rushed to the spot and shifted the woman to a hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.