For ‘honour’,man kills sister’s husband

“The accused,who had parked his bike on the road leading to the Indian Institute of Information Technology (Allahabad),walked towards Amar and shot him from close range. Amar sustained single gunshot injury on the right side of temple,” said Station Officer (Dhoomanganj),Gyanendra Kumar Singh. Amar’s photographer friend suffered superficial injuries as the scooter fell.

Amar was rushed to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital,where he was declared brought dead. The accused escaped from the spot.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Amar,who had been living in Rajroop Pur,had gone to meet his father,who works in the state Animal Husbandry Department. “He was returning when Panchlal Pal spotted him,” said Singh.

Amar,who worked as a photographer taking up assignments during marriages and other such functions,had married Reena,a girl from his own village Pipal Gaon,against the wishes of her family last year. He had first eloped with Reena and then got married.

Following threats from Reena’s family,Amar had shifted to a rented accommodation in Rajroop Pur. However,Panchlal would often allegedly threaten Amar with dire consequences.

The police said both Amar and Reena were majors and the couple also had a son out of the wedlock just two days ago. Reena was still in hospital,the police said.

A case of murder has been registered at Dhoomanganj police station and efforts are on to arrest the accused named in the FIR.