mumbai preliminary probe into the murdersuicide in malad late monday indicates the 26yearold accused rahul yadav shot dead his former girlfriend before ending his life as he couldnt accept the fact that she had spurned him and got engaged to someone else police said yadav and nidhi mishra 22 were college sweethearts and had been in a relationship for four years before she got engaged to another man on november 30 for the past month yadav was in allahabad with his family but he suddenly came down to mumbai alone on monday police believe the murder was premeditated as he had carried a pistol alongthe pistol and two cartridges were found at the crime scene yadav has a criminal history and has been booked in cases of assault and extortion in the past he was currently handling a construction site in kandivali for a builder mishra had graduated last year two months ago she joined a private company as a human resources executive i did not want her to work and had found a match for her but the wedding was scheduled in may 2021 and she convinced me to let her work till then i have lost my purpose to live mishras father told toi her family said they had never heard of yadav before and she was happy with the match they had selectednot once did she object to the engagement and she was in fact quite happy with the match as she was acquainted with her fiance we had a small party at home for her birthday on december 14 and her fiance had also come over last weekend the two even travelled to shirdi her father said the family suspects yadav abducted her before shooting herwe have found evidence of yadav picking her up from her office on monday evening on his motorcycle the two ordered a vada pav and dosa from a food stall before going to the back road in malad where they got into an argument yadav shot her in the back of the head before shooting himself in the temple another couple spotted them collapse on the ground and went to check on them before dialling the police control room said an officer mishras colleagues had seen yadav come to pick her up in the past but she had told them he had a criminal record and that she had no intention of marrying him nidhis mother kept calling her when she did not return home from office the third time she called a policeman answered and said there had been an accident we had already shopped for her wedding and booked train tickets to our hometown now everything is over mishras aunt sobbed