HIGHLIGHTS

• Woman, lover push her father off third floor of house
• He is rushed to local hospital, referred to Sardarjung Hospital
• Father succumbs to injuries, daughter arrested

In a bid to save her lover, a woman allegedly pushed her father off the third floor of the house. The man later succumbed to his injuries.

The incident took place at Sector-27 of Noida on Sunday morning.

According to the information accessed so far, the woman's father, Vishwanath Sahu, was woken up by some noise around 4 in the morning. He went to his daughter Pooja's room and opened the door.

He found his daughter with a man allegedly in a compromising position. In no time, a fight broke out between the woman's father and alleged lover.

The fight turned physical and during the scuffle the woman and her lover accidentally pushed Vishwanath, who in turn, fell off the stairs from the third floor of the house.

Hearing the commotion, Vishwanath's wife woke up and found her husband lying on the floor with severe injuries. She rushed him to the district hospital from where he was referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.

Vishwanath died while undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital. His wife Gayatri filed a complaint against her daughter and her alleged lover with the Sector-20 police station in Noida.

Police have arrested Pooja while her alleged lover, identified as Dharmendra, is on the run. Police have launched a search for him.

Vishwanath worked at a factory and stayed with his wife and daughter in Atta village of Noida.

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