Chandigarh, January 19: In a shocking incident, a body of a woman, who was shot dead in Haryana's Gurugram on Friday, was found near Khushboo Chowk area on Saturday. According to reports, the 22-year old woman, a bar dancer by profession, was murdered allegedly by a bouncer as she refused to withdraw a rape case against him. According to a tweet by ANI, Shamsher Singh, ACP Gurugram said the body was found around 6:30 am near Khushboo Chowk in DLF Phase-1 in Gurugram. The accused has been identified as Sandeep Kumar. According to police, the victim had befriended Kumar when she was working at the night club, where Kumar was as a bouncer. Uttar Pradesh: Murder Accused Shot Dead in Baghpat. 

According to reports, the woman has bullet injury on her body as she was shot four times. A case has been registered and an investigation into the matter is currently underway.  Police said the accused murdered the woman hours before she was to record her statement in court. Bihar BJP Leader Baiju Gupta Shot Dead by Goons in Muzaffarpur, Police Launches Manhunt.

In a statement to news agency PTI, the victim's mother said that the accused abducted her daughter from their house. She added saying that Kumar pressurised her daughter to withdraw the rape case against him that she had lodged in March 2017. "Kumar came to my house at Nathupur and requested to speak to her for few minutes in his car. But he sped away as soon as she sat inside. A few hours later at 6 am, he threatened me over the phone to withdraw the case, saying he would kill her," she told PTI.

In March 2017, the victim had filed an FIR against Kumar, accusing him of raping her. Reports inform that the accused was later arrested by Gurugram Police but he was granted bail by the court.

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