A man allegedly shot dead a 21-year-old woman in Boisar town of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Maharashtra-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a>'s Palghar district on Wednesday afternoon, and later killed himself by allegedly jumping before a vehicle, police said.
Police suspect the incident to be a fallout of a love affair between the deceased.
The 26-year-old man, identified as Srikrishna Yadav, shot the woman, Neha Mahato, from point blank range, following which she died. The incident occurred around 3.30 pm, senior inspector of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Boisar-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Boisar</a> police station, Suresh Kadam, said.
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After shooting the woman, Yadav jumped before a Central Industrial Security Force's (CISF) vehicle, in which he suffered grievous injuries. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, he said.
The woman's body was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, Kadam said, adding that a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 302 (murder) and under the Arms Act was registered.
"We suspect that the murder-suicide incident is a fallout of a love affair. A probe is being carried out," he said.
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