Patna, July 20 -- The daylight murder of 19-year-old Suman Kumari, a Class 12 student, after she rejected a marriage proposal has sparked widespread outrage in Bihar's Samastipur district.
Family members alleged that a young man, identified as Arvind Gupta, had been pressuring her for marriage for a long time. The night before the incident, he allegedly called her and threatened, "Marry me, otherwise I'll kill you."On Monday morning, while she was on her way to school, three miscreants surrounded her and shot her dead on the spot before fleeing the scene.
Police said Suman sustained four bullet injuries, two each to her neck and chest, and died instantly.
A heavy police presence has been deployed at the spot.
Samastipur Superintendent o...