Overview
- Soni was traced after an alleged elopement and brought to Pali police station, where she was shot around 10:45 am near the station mess with a country‑made pistol.
- The husband, Anoop, was overpowered at the scene and arrested, and police said an alleged accomplice was also detained with the weapon recovered.
- Officials said the accused has been booked for murder under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Section 103(1) and under the Arms Act for illegal possession.
- Hardoi superintendent Ashok Kumar Meena suspended the investigating officer, Vikrant Chowdhary, and woman constable Sanjana Rajput for negligence.
- The probe has been handed to ASP (West) M.P. Singh as investigators examine station security failures and continue to trace the man with whom Soni had left.