India, March 5 -- MEERUT A 17-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed his 32-year-old aunt inside her room in Meerut's Ganeshpur village on Thursday morning and later surrendered at the Mawana police station, claiming the act was the result of "frequent quarrels" between them.

The incident occurred around 9:20am within the jurisdiction of the Hastinapur police station. According to police reports, the teenager entered the bedroom of his aunt, Pooja Tyagi, and fired a single shot into her temple using a country-made pistol.

At the time of the attack, other family members were reportedly occupied with household chores. Upon hearing the gunshot, relatives rushed to the room where they found Tyagi lying on the floor with critical injuries. W...