India, Aug. 31 -- A woman was shot dead inside her house in the Cantonment area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Sunday night, allegedly in front of her three-year-old daughter. Two men entered the house near Shakti Chauraha, shot her in the abdomen and fled on a motorcycle, police said.

According to the family, the victim, identified as 28-year-old Chandni, was having dinner with her younger sister, Anjali, when the two men arrived and asked about their other sister, Sarojini. When Chandni objected to their questioning, one of the men allegedly abused her and shot her before fleeing with his accomplice.

The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Police and family members rushed Chandni to KPM hospital, where doctors declared her ...