Accused had ‘tried to shoot his daughter’ too

MAN ON SHOOTING SPREE
Ludhiana: “Main apna paagalpan tuhanu savere dikhaunga (I will show you my madness in the morning)”, accused Jaswinder Singh had said to his 13-year-old daughter on Monday night after a fight between him and his wife, Jaspreet Kaur. The girl also told the police that her father was about to shoot her on Tuesday morning and her mother came to her rescue. And when she and her mother were running towards the washroom to lock themselves in, he opened fire and a bullet hit her mother.
Police suspect Jaswinder is hiding in Jalandhar.
On Tuesday morning, Jaswinder had shot at his wife Jaspreet at their house in Haibowal and mother-in-law Vandana at her nearby paan shop. Thereafter, he drove his two-wheeler to Nurmahal and shot dead his friend, Rohit. Police said Jaswinder suspected his wife of having an illicit relationship with Rohit.
Assistant commissioner of police (West) Gurpreet Singh said, “Though the statements of Jaspreet and Vandana have not been recorded yet, the 13-year-old daughter of the couple told police that on Monday night, when her parents had a fight, her father said to her that he will show his madness in the morning. It means that he had made up his mind to execute the crime. The girl also said that in the morning after a fight with her mother, her father was about to shoot her and her mother saved her.”
“When Jaspreet ran towards the washroom to lock herself and her daughter in to escape Jaswinder, he shot at her. After doctors declare Jaspreet fit to give a statement, the picture will become clear. We are trying to trace the accused,” the ACP added.
About the weapon used in the crime, he said, “The family told the cops that earlier, too, they had seen the weapon with Jaswinder. It is yet to be verified if it is licensed.”
The condition of Jaspreet and Vandana is stated to be stable and out of danger.
Device traced Jaswinder’s movement to Jalandhar
The Ludhiana city police had alerted the Jalandhar rural cops about Jaswinder and that he could get shelter there as he hailed from Lohara village of the district.
Jalandhar rural senior superintendent of police Naveen Singla said, “A few days back, Jalandhar rural police had installed a number plate recognition (NPR) device at a checkpost in Phillaur, which is the entry point of Jalandhar rural area. This hi-tech system scans the vehicle number plates and stores the date along with the timing of the passage of the vehicle from that spot. When we entered the registration number of Jaswinder’s two-wheeler in the system, it showed his image and the time when he crossed from that area.”