<p>A 23-year-old man threatened a woman with a pistol after she had rejected his marriage proposal and shot dead her 20-year-old colleague who tried to come to her rescue at the Indore railway station, police said.</p>.<p>The incident triggered protests in the city on Thursday. Rahul Yadav, the accused, allegedly pointed a country-made pistol at the young woman outside the Railway Station on Wednesday evening as she had turned down his marriage proposal, said a police official.</p>.<p>Her colleague Sanskar Verma (20) tried to intervene, said Government Railway Police's inspector Suresh Hatekar. Yadav allegedly shot him in the head and fled. Verma succumbed at a hospital on Thursday. Yadav and his family members were absconding, the inspector said, adding that probe was on.</p>.<p>People protested outside the police control room on Thursday after Sharma's death, demanding that the accused be arrested immediately.</p>
<p>A 23-year-old man threatened a woman with a pistol after she had rejected his marriage proposal and shot dead her 20-year-old colleague who tried to come to her rescue at the Indore railway station, police said.</p>.<p>The incident triggered protests in the city on Thursday. Rahul Yadav, the accused, allegedly pointed a country-made pistol at the young woman outside the Railway Station on Wednesday evening as she had turned down his marriage proposal, said a police official.</p>.<p>Her colleague Sanskar Verma (20) tried to intervene, said Government Railway Police's inspector Suresh Hatekar. Yadav allegedly shot him in the head and fled. Verma succumbed at a hospital on Thursday. Yadav and his family members were absconding, the inspector said, adding that probe was on.</p>.<p>People protested outside the police control room on Thursday after Sharma's death, demanding that the accused be arrested immediately.</p>