The accused allegedly reached the woman's house with her brother and another friend and shot her dead. (Image for representation)

A 19-year-old girl was shot dead by her cousin in Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh for having a relationship with her neighbour, according to Superintendent of Police (SP) Rural, Avinash Pandey.

The accused allegedly shot his cousin because he was upset she was in contact with a neighbourhood boy.

"It was revealed that the girl used to talk with a boy over the phone, which the family disproved of," the police said.

The accused allegedly reached the woman's house with her brother and another friend and shot her dead. The trio even hid her body and cleaned up evidence to pin the murder on unknown assailants.

"On the night of Saturday, we received a call about a girl being shot by unknown assailants. Upon investigating the matter and checking the CCTV footage we came to know that she was shot by her cousin," police told reporters on Sunday.

"The girl's brother has accepted the presence of the family members at the scene of the crime. We are conducting the post-mortem of the body and search for the person who fired the bullet is on," he added.

A case has been registered in the matter.



