An incident in Mathura in which a girl reportedly shot her father, a retired Army personnel, to save other family members on Tuesday, took a curious turn when it surfaced that the daughter was the mastermind of the macabre shooting.
After the revelation that Alka (19) and her love interest Ankit opened fire at her parents, killing the father and critically injuring the mother, the police arrested the duo on Wednesday.
SSP Mathura, Shalabh Mathur, said that a complaint was filed by slain Army personnel Chetram’s brother Om Prakash, suspecting that the firing was orchestrated and was not incidental as claimed by Alka.
Prakash told the police that Alka was in love with Ankit and as Chetram was against the affair, on Monday night, Alka took out her father’s pistol and called her lover. Later they opened fire at Chetram and when his wife Rajkumari rushed to his rescue, they fired at her with the intention of eliminating her, but she survived.
Later Alka inflicted an injury on her hand and cooked up a story that her father opened fire at her and her mother and as he tried to shoot her minor brother Adarsh, she snatched the pistol and in the process he got fatally shot.
On the basis of complaint, the police recorded the statements of Rajkumari and Adarsh, both of whom confirmed that it was Alka and her lover who opened fire.
Doctors who examined Alka confirmed that the injury was self-inflicted.
After the evidences cropped up, Alka was taken into custody and a case of murder was registered against her.