Jalandhar ASI shoots wife dead, kills self

Deputy commissioner of police (investigation) Gurmeet Singh said Gurbaksh was posted with the Punjab Armed Police (PAP). Family members and neighbours believe that the incident was fallout of a domestic dispute.

A Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) shot his wife dead before killing self with his service revolver in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Gurbaksh Singh, 45, and his wife Vandana Bhardwaj, 41, residents of Dashmesh Nagar near Rama Mandi, are survived by their two children.

A Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) shot his wife dead before killing self with his service revolver in Jalandhar on Tuesday. (Representative Image) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Deputy commissioner of police (investigation) Gurmeet Singh said Gurbaksh was posted with the Punjab Armed Police (PAP). Family members and neighbours believe that the incident was fallout of a domestic dispute.

“No suicide note was recovered from the spot,” the DCP said. A case was registered under Section 174 (investigation of unnatural death) of the Code
Of Criminal Procedure
(CrPc).