16-yr-old girl shot for refusing love proposal, 2 held

A 16-year-old girl was shot and killed in a field near her home in a village in the Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night. The Bhadohi police arrested Arvind Vishwakarma, 18, of the Minapur village under the Unj police station with his brother Sunil Vishwakarma when they tried to escape after opening fire on a police team near Birampur crossing on Thursday early morning. Arvind divulged that he loved the girl but she did not reciprocate the feelings, following which he killed her. The Bhadohi ANIL Kumar said that after the killing the girl’s family had lodged a complaint accusing Arvind and his brother Sunil of her murder several teams were formed for early workout of the case by late night. The team led by Inspector Suriyava Rakesh Kumar Singh got inputs regarding movement of Arvind and Sunil after which he cordoned Birampur crossing and started checking the vehicles and people passing through the area at wee hours on Thursday. Two motorcycleborne youths passed through this crossing when the police tried to stop them, and opened indiscriminate fire. However, the police foiled their bid to escape and arrested the duo. They recovered a