Lucknow: Man shoots at wife, turns gun on self

LUCKNOW: A transporter committed suicide after shooting at his wife following a tiff over monetary issue in Naka area during the wee hours of Wednesday.
The woman, who suffered gunshot injury on her head, is critical and undergoing treatment at the trauma centre of King George’s Medical University (KGMU).
The couple have been identified as Anurup Singh (50) and Madhu Singh (45), residents of Pan Dariba in Naka.
Station house officer, Naka, Sujeet Dubey said: “Anurup’s son Aryan (15) told us that he woke up to the sound of a gunshot around 2am on Wednesday and rushed to the bedroom to find his parents lying in a pool of blood.”
“Anurup had two sons, Aryan and Aditya. While Aryan stays with his parents, Aditya is presently in Canada. Anurup was in a drunken state when he had a tiff with Madhu over some monetary issue,” he said.
Aryan said his father opened fire on Madhu first with his licensed pistol and then shot himself on his temple.
Police also said Anurup and Madhu were bleeding profusely when they reached their house. They were rushed to KGMU where Anurup was pronounced dead.
Dubey said sub-inspector Fanish Singh would investigate the case.
“Preliminary probe suggests that Anurup’s financial condition was not sound as he had suffered losses in his transport business due to Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.