"We received information that a woman Nishtha (23) was brought dead to hospital during the early hours of Thursday," he said. Nishtha, a native of Hardoi, was a third-year student at a private university here. She came in contact with Pathak on social media, police said. Uttar Pradesh Shocker: College Student Shot Dead by Man She Befriended on Social Media in Lucknow, Probe Underway.