Lucknow: A 30-year-old man shot himself dead outside a woman’s house after she refused to marry him.
The woman’s family had recently fixed her marriage elsewhere, according to police. Upset over the development, Shivkumar allegedly sent objectionable photographs and videos of the woman to her family members and threatened to make them viral. Following this, the woman’s family lodged a complaint at the Parsurampur police station. The body was sent for a postmortem examination. Some local residents recorded the incident on their mobile phones, and the video has since circulated on social media.
The incident took place in a village under Harraiya police station area in Basti late on Wednesday.
Harraiya circle officer Swarnima Singh said the woman’s family had been questioned. Shivkumar of Thakurpur village was reportedly in a relationship with his distant cousin. He wanted to marry her, but her family opposed the relationship. Shivkumar reportedly agreed not to harass the woman or her family any further. When her family members refused, he allegedly pulled out a country-made pistol and shot himself in the chest. He died on the spot.
On Tuesday, police called both families to the police station, where a compromise was reached in the presence of station house officer Pradeep Singh . However, late on Wednesday, he reached the woman’s house and insisted on meeting her.