"My Sister Has Been Shot": YouTuber Pragya Mishra Mentioned In Killer Brother-In-Law's WhatsApp Status
YouTuber Pragya Mishra's sister was shot and killed in Lucknow by her estranged husband, who subsequently killed his own sister and himself. The perpetrator left a WhatsApp status accusing his wife of infidelity and implicating her sister.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the intersection of domestic violence and public visibility, as the perpetrator used social media to broadcast his actions.
Prominent Hindi YouTuber Pragya Mishra shared the shocking news of her sister having been shot in Lucknow outside the ICICI Bank branch where she worked, allegedly by the latter's husband who later killed his own sister and himself, around noon on Thursday. "Just got a call that my sister has been shot in Gomti Nagar... She is in Lohia (hospital in Lucknow). May God protect my sister," read the X post by Pragya Mishra, who has worked with some news TV channels but is best known for running a YouTube channel 'Ulta Chashma' that has over 85 lakh subscribers. The post, at 1:26 pm, came before the news broke that her sister, Divya Mishra, had succumbed to the gunshot injury.Divya and Manas Vajpayee married 12 years ago but had been living separately for over a year, with Divya having filed for divorce last year. In his WhatsApp status in which he announced he had…
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