Overview
- Soni was shot on the Pali police station campus in Hardoi on Monday morning and was declared dead at the district hospital.
- Police said her husband, Anoop, was overpowered at the scene, an accomplice was detained, and a country-made pistol was recovered.
- The accused has been booked for murder under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Section 103(1) and under the Arms Act for illegal possession.
- Superintendent of Police A K Meena suspended investigating officer Vikrant Chowdhary and woman constable Sanjana Rajput for alleged negligence.
- Soni had been detained after an FIR over an alleged elopement and missing cash and jewellery, and the man she left with has not been traced.