With the DJ blasting ‘Tujhko Hi Dulhan Banaunga, Warna Kunwara Mar Jaunga’ – a song he personally requested – Dinbandhu, masked with a cloth, leaped onto the platform. In a flash, he drew his tamancha and shot Aarti at point-blank range. She fell lifeless amid wedding finery, sending guests into pandemonium.

Nisha, Aarti’s little sister and eyewitness, described the horror: the shooter filmed the scene first, then struck. Dinbandhu vanished into the fleeing crowd but resurfaced hours later to surrender at court.

Sources close to the family say Dinbandhu harbored one-sided feelings for years. Despite prior warnings and pleas to halt the wedding, relatives ignored the threats. This time, his obsession culminated in violence.

Paramedics ferried the bleeding bride to local hospital before airlifting her to Varanasi for advanced care; she’s fighting for life. The baraat returned without celebration, food wasted in the house of mourning.

Police have detained the suspect and launched a probe. This brazen attack in broad daylight exposes rising dangers of rejected love turning lethal in rural India, leaving communities reeling.