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Feeling cheated, Facebook lover kills woman, self in India

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A mother of three was shot dead by her lover before turning the revolver on himself, whom she had met on Facebook over three years ago, in India.

Vineet Singh, a 22-year old unemployed man living in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh killed Jyoti Kori, 45, in a fit of rage after discovering that she was married, and a mother of three and that, she lied to him on Facebook that she was 21 years old and unmarried.

According to News24, the Superintendent of Police, Harish Mishra said that Singh and Kori apparently had a two-year romance on Facebook.

After shooting and wounding himself, Singh sought help from passers-by and was taken to hospital where he died. Investigations were ongoing, Mishra said.

 

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First Published: Apr 21 2014 | 1:09 PM IST

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