A woman was reportedly shot-dead inside an Uttar Pradesh police station following an alleged land dispute.
According to an NDTV report, the property, disputed by two families, is near a police-station close to a crowded market area in Mainpuri. After the argument over the land escalated, one of the males from the opposing family went after the woman with a gun. She is said to have headed toward the police-station for protection.
The report adds that the police officers inside the police station could not handle the crowd at hand and man ended up shooting the woman from point-blank range. He reportedly tried to escape but was caught and beaten up by a crowd that had gathered by then.
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The report mentions that the police have arrested 11 people in connection with the incident.
The incident has occurred in the Samajwadi Party-stronghold of Mainpuri. The party was ousted from power in the recently concluded elections last month and the BJP formed the government in the state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had stressed on a need to improve the law-and-order situation in the state in one of his first interactions with the media after being chosen by the party to head the state.
