India, Jan. 12 -- A 33-year-old woman who eloped with another man on January 7 was shot dead by her husband inside the Pali police station after the Hardoi police tracked and brought her back, a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer said.

Police said the deceased was identified as Soni, 33, who had been married to Anoop Kumar, 36, for the last 17 years.

Police said Soni eloped with a 28-year-old man from Sahajanpur on January 7. Her husband filed a police complaint on January 8, claiming that the Saharanpur man had abducted his wife. A police team was able to trace Soni and was brought to the police station on January 11 for legal formalities.

Soni spent the night at the police station and was to be medically hospital at the district hos...