India, July 30 -- MEERUT What reportedly began as a bitter argument over a tattoo culminated in a horrific daytime shooting in Meerut on Wednesday evening, leaving a 19-year-old Class 12 student fighting for her life and her 22-year-old attacker dead by suicide. The accused, a listed history-sheeter, Aditya Pradhan of Shivlok Puri, allegedly shot the young woman three times before shooting himself twice in the chest, said police.

The young woman, who sustained one bullet wound to the head and two to the abdomen, is currently in critical condition at Subharti Hospital. Pradhan died on the spot.

The incident took place near Zonal Park in Defence Enclave Colony under Kankerkhera police station limits.

Preliminary investigation suggested t...