The incident occurred in Sarswati Vihar colony under the Roravar police station area on Thursday.
According to police sources, accused Nitin Mittal runs a mobile phone shop and his wife Arti works as a beautician.
The couple had been seeking a new place to live in Aligarh and Arti’s friend Gunjan was helping them find a house on rent. The woman had been living at her friend’s residence for a week.
They were at Gunjan’s place when Nitin demanded to see Arti’s mobile phone. As she refused, the situation escalated and Nitin shot her in the chest with a country-made pistol.
Police said that the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital but she succumbed to her injuries.
DSP Abhay Panday said, “The body has been sent for autopsy. A case has been registered under IPC section 302 (murder). Police teams have been constituted to nab the accused, who is at large.”
–IANS
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