Ghaziabad, March 25: Two persons--a boy and a girl--were shot dead here in the premises of a temple on Monday morning."We were informed at around 8.30 am that a couple was shot dead inside the temple. We rushed to the spot. The incident happened when the couple was visiting the temple," said Shlok Kumar, Superintendent of Police (SP), City.

The deceased have been identified as Annu and Preeti. Police said Annu was a resident of Uttarakhand and was in the glass trading business in Vijay Nagar area of Ghaziabad. The couple came on a 'scooty' to visit the temple. When they came out from the temple, an unidentified person started firing mercilessly on them, said eye-witnesses. Pakistan's Shame: Honour Killing Whistleblower Shot Dead in Abbottabad.

Police are looking into different aspects of the killing including the honour killing. A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).