Jilted lover shoots girlfriend, her sis, attempts suicide

Gorakhpur: In a chilling incident, a youth barged into a house in Gorakhpur's Civil Lines area and opened fire at his girlfriend and her teenage younger sister before attempting to take his own life. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon in the Cantonment area.
DM, SSP and other officials visited the victim's house.
SSP Gaurav Grover said, "
Mandeep Yadav
, 25, a resident of Khadihani village in Azamgarh, a distant relative, reached the girl's house at Civil Lines around 1pm on Friday, armed with a country-made pistol. He confronted 22-year-old Pooja, who reportedly rejected his marriage proposal. Enraged, Mandeep shot her."
"As her younger sister Nancy tried to intervene, he shot her too in the abdomen. Following the attack, Mandeep stepped out and shot himself in the chest near the entrance," the SSP added.
Hearing gunshots, the girls' mother, who was in another room, rushed in to find all three lying in a pool of blood. Neighbours gathered soon after and alerted the police. The victims were first taken to the district hospital and later referred to BRD Medical College.
The girls' father, junior assistant in the agriculture department, had died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The SSP said that police has not received and written complaint from the family so far.

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