LUCKNOW: Bodies of a man and a woman were found inside a car parked in Baniya Mohal locality in Cantonment police station area on Monday night triggering an uproar among residents of the area.
Senior police officials reached the spot for investigations after Military Police patrolling the area spotted the car parked near the NCC mess.
ADCP, East, Qasim Abidi, who was at the spot told TOI, “The military policemen spotted the grey Tata Indica car and thought some persons were consuming alcohol in it. They tapped but got no response so they opened the door and saw a man with a gunshot wound on his forehead lying dead on the driver’s seat. A woman was lying dead next on the other front seat with a bullet wound in her right side of chest.”
Prima facie, it appears that the man shot the woman and then shot himself inside the car as he was holding a licensed revolver, Abidi added.
ADCP said the man was identified as Sanjay Nigam of Sadar Bazaar area who owned an eatery in Cantonment area and had purchased the car from a retired army man Santosh Kumar.
Sanjay had separated with his wife who has been living in Indira Nagar with her son. The dead woman in the car was identified as Asha Agarwal, 35.
“We are yet to establish how the duo were related to each other,” he said.
The forensic team also reached the spot and collected evidence and said there were no signs of struggle in the car.
“The car was on hand brake and its engine and lights were switched off. The mobile phone of Sanjay Nigam was on while that of Asha was switched off. Further probe is on,” said ADCP Abidi.
A two-page suicide note was also found in the car in which Sanjay accuses a woman Anju of trying to forcefully take away his shop and held her solely responsible for his condition. “The suicide note has been given to the forensic experts for analysis,” said Abidi.