Lucknow: IAS officer’s wife dies of bullet injury at her home

LUCKNOW: The wife of an IAS officer posted in the city succumbed to a gunshot injury on Sunday afternoon. Police said, the family is claiming it to be a suicide.
The 42-year-old mother of two was found soaked in blood on the sofa of her room minutes after she sent a ‘goodbye’ text to her husband present at their Vikalp Khand house in Gomtinagar along with their son and two domestic helps.
The incident took place around 2.30pm. While the family has claimed suicide, police are probing “all angles”. No FIR was lodged till late on Sunday night.
The family said that the woman was grappling with depression for a year and shot herself with her pistol. Her son, who was in an adjoining room, told police he heard a gunshot and rushed to find his father banging the door .
The couple’s daughter was out of town. Police team later found a pistol next to the blood-soaked sofa, a bullet shell and a picture of Goddess Kali on the table.
SP (north) Sukirti Madhav said the woman was found in a pool of blood on a sofa on the first floor of the house around 2.30pm. “She was first taken to a private hospital in Gomtinagar by her husband, son and domestic helps, but referred to KGMU Trauma Centre. Doctors there declared her brought dead. The family claims it to be a suicide,” he said.
“We have conducted forensic examination and autopsy. Both reports are awaited. We will corroborate the claim,” the SP added. Chinhat SHO Sachin Singh said some members of the family said the woman wanted to go and live in Haridwar alone. “Following her request, she had been taken to several pilgrim spots across India over the past year,” he said.