LUCKNOW, March 3 -- A 12th-grade minor girl (17) was shot dead at her home in Basti district late Monday night by a man who had raped her earlier, recorded intimate videos, and gone absconding after her family filed a police complaint, informed police officials here on Tuesday.

Police said the victim girl's family has named Mandeep, a resident of the same village, who they said entered their house around 1 am through the back door and fired two shots at the girl-one in the head and another in the neck-while she slept next to her brother. The accused also assaulted and threatened the brother. The girl's mother, who was sleeping outside, however, confronted the attacker, who also fired at her but missed.

Police said the family named Mande...