Uttar Pradesh: Armed robbers kill bride for resisting, loot marriage party

Muzaffarnagar, April 28: Armed robbers intercepted a marriage party on the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway and shot dead a bride and looted jewellery worth lakhs in Meerut district. The incident occurred near Matore village, under the Dorala police station area, of Meerut last night, police said, adding that the groom and four others were injured in the attack.

The victims were returning to the district after the wedding ceremony in Ghaziabad district, officials said. Six armed men, in two cars, intercepted the marriage party while it was on its way back.

"Farhana was killed after she resisted the robbers", Senior Superintendent of Police Manjil Saini said. "Jewellery worth lakhs and a car were looted from them", he said.

Police have started a search operation to nab the perpetrators, Saini said, adding that the bride was rushed to the Muzaffarnagar Medical College, where she declared dead.

PTI