Overview

• Pratap, who runs a local medical store, fled the scene after the July 15 attack and remains unaccounted for
• Their 13-year-old son evaded his father’s chase, alerted neighbors, and played a key role in summoning help
• Neighbors rushed Asha Bharti to Gorakhpur Medical College, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival
• Gola police station registered a homicide case and have deployed checkpoints, door-to-door inquiries and a public tip line in the manhunt
• The case highlights how financial coercion within marriages can escalate into lethal domestic violence and the importance of community response