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Delhi man shoots wife’s friend dead before turning gun on himself in Manali
A 32-year-old Delhi resident shot dead his wife’s friend before turning the gun on himself at a hotel in Shuru village on the outskirts of Manali town in Himachal Pradesh on Friday
A 32-year-old Delhi resident shot dead his wife’s friend before turning the gun on himself at a hotel in Shuru village on the outskirts of Manali town in Himachal Pradesh on Friday.
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The accused, Rishabh Saxena of Sector 7, Rohini, New Delhi, who runs a camping business at Ghiyagi village of Banjar district in Kullu.
Police identified the victim as Sunny Sheravat, 31, from Gopal Nagar in Najafgarh, Delhi.
Kullu superintendent of police (SP) Gurdev Chand Sharma said that the police got a call about firing at Hotel Himalayan Oak at 6am and a team was despatched to the spot.
Room number 102, where the firing took place, was locked from inside. Police entered the room from the rear balcony where they found the bodies of the two men, one of whom was naked.
The woman was lying injured. The cops also recovered three bullet casings from the spot.
According to initial investigation, Hotel Himalayan Oak was taken on lease by Rishabh Saxena’s wife, Ravleen Kaur Chawla, 30, and her sister Ashneet Kaur, 24, six months ago.
They had invited their common friend Sunny Sheravat for dinner on Thursday night and he stayed back at the hotel.
“In the footages of the CCTV cameras installed on the property, the accused is seen entering the hotel around 4am with a pistol in hand,” said Sharma. “He is seen checking rooms one by one and later entering Room No. 102,” the SP said.
He reportedly found his wife and Sheravat together and shot at them.
“The crime scene has been secured and a team of forensic experts has collected evidence,” Sharma said.
Ravleen, who suffered a bullet wound in an arm and is undergoing treatment at the civil hospital in Manali, said in her statement to the police that her husband came to the hotel early in the morning and assaulted her before shooting Sheravat dead and later turned the gun on himself.
