Ghaziabad:
A 22-year-old man allegedly shot dead the father of a girl after he objected to eve-teasing. Later, in retaliation, the accused was beaten to death by locals at a village in Ghaziabad, police said.
The incident took place in Jawali village at Loni. According to police, the accused - Sushil - used to tease the girl, a student of class 11, every day.
"Today (on Wednesday), when the girl was returning home from school, Sushil accosted her in a nearby street and started teasing her. He followed her to her house. When the girl's father Satish saw that the boy was eve-teasing his daughter, he got furious and rebuked him, following which Sushil took out a pistol from his pocket and shot at him," a senior police officer said.
Satish was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, local residents overpowered Sushil and thrashed him, resulting in his death, police said.