India, Feb. 15 -- A 32-year-old man allegedly shot dead his 26-year-old girlfriend before turning the gun on himself inside a parked car in Noida's Sector 107 on Saturday morning, police said. The pistol was recovered from the man's right hand.

According to police, the two had known each other for nearly 15 years and were reportedly in a relationship. Investigators suspect the man took the extreme step after the woman decided to marry someone else, allegedly due to family pressure.

As reported by HT earlier, the incident occurred barely two kilometres from the woman's residence in Sector 101. There were no CCTV cameras in the immediate vicinity where the car was found, officials said. Teams are now scanning footage from nearby routes to...