The girl was shot in the head and videos of her bleeding on the road went viral on social media

New Delhi, April 18

A college student was shot dead when she was returning home after appearing for an examination at a college in Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh. 

The girl was shot in the head and videos of her bleeding on the road went viral on social media.

The victim Roshni Ahirwar (20), a resident of Aindha village, was a second-year BA student. Raj Ahirwar (22) of Jamrehi village in the district was arrested in this connection.

The accused reportedly left behind a country-made pistol at the scene of crime where the victim’s body was lying. 

The police traced Raj immediately after the incident and arrested him. When the police were in the process of seizing items under his possession, he snatched a pistol from a cop and fired following which police shot him in the leg. 

The police further stated that they have received some crucial information from the conversations with the deceased’s family members. The police suspect that the person known to the woman is behind the incident,