nA 21-year-old jilted lover on Thursday shot dead a 20-year-old girl for spurning his overtures in a village in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district. He surrendered to the police. Two accomplices are at large.
Mahasamund Superintendent of Police Prafull Kumar Thakur told The Pioneer over telephone Chandra Shekhar Parmar (21), a resident of Ghodari village, has been taken into custody.
The accomplices include Bharat Nishad and an unidentified youth, both from Mudhena village.
Parmar, a driver, shot Rupa Dhiwar (20) on the forehead when she was returning from a medical store with her elder sister. She was declared brought dead at a hospital.
She was a first year student in a private college in Raipur and belonged to Belsonda village in Mahasamund district.
The girl’s family said the accused along the two accomplices came near the victim’s house on a bike. After shooting the young woman, the three escaped.
Parmar told the police that he killed Rupa because he was in love with her but she remained cold to him. The police recovered from him a country-made pistol used in the crime.
A murder case has been registered against Parmar and his accomplices.