Madhya Pradesh Woman, 22, Killed By Man Stalking Her For 2 Years

The accused, Deepak Rathore, was shot in the leg after he fired at the police when they went to arrest him.

A young woman was fatally shot by a man who had been harassing her for years in a residential area of Madhya Pradesh's Dhar city on Wednesday morning.

The police said the suspect, Deepak Rathore, had been pursuing the woman, Pooja, 22, for marriage, but she had repeatedly turned him down.

Pooja, who worked at a restaurant and lived with her mother and two sisters in Brahmakund, a neighbourhood of Dhar, was on her way to work when Rathore confronted her and opened fire.

She died on the spot, the police said. Witnesses alerted the authorities and a manhunt was launched for Rathore.