Woman on morning walk shot dead in Jhansi

Jhansi: A 25-year-old woman on morning walk was shot dead opposite commissioner’s office on Friday early morning by some unidentified person/s. The woman was noticed by a passing PRV vehicle lying in pool of blood on the roadside and was taken to the district hospital where she was declared brought dead.
Police have recovered an empty cartridge from the crime scene.SSP Jhansi, Dinesh Kumar P has constituted three teams to nab the accused.
As per reports, the deceased Pooja Jaiswal who lives near Chitra crossing had gone for morning walk at around 5.00 am. While she was between Circuit House and Commissioner’s office, she was shot by some unidentified person’s. The place of crime is a VIP area with all important offices including that of Jhansi divisional commissioner and his residence while the DM residence is also few meters away.
Giving details to the police, the husband of the deceased, Pradip Jaiswal, said that usually his wife went for walk in the evening though on Friday she thought of going in the morning.
As per SSP Jhansi, he has constituted three teams that are investigating the incident.
Meanwhile, police have lodged a case of murder against an unidentified person and sent the body for post-mortem.