LUCKNOW: A woman bank employee was allegedly shot dead by her husband near an ICICI Bank in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar on Thursday, setting off a sequence that ended with the man allegedly killing his sister and dying by suicide at another location.The woman was shot near the bank in Vivek Khand under the Gomti Nagar police station area.Police rushed her to a hospital, where she was declared dead, news agency ANI reported.
From bank shooting to second crime scene
Soon after the shooting, police received information about another gunshot at Usriia intersection.Police reached the spot and found the woman’s husband, identified as Manav Vajpayee, dead. His sister was also found at the location with injuries.DCP-East Diksha Sharma said the man had allegedly shot his wife and sister before shooting himself.Joint police commissioner (Law and Order), Lucknow, Bablu Kumar said police were first alerted about the shooting near the ICICI Bank.“The injured woman was rushed to the hospital, where she was unfortunately declared dead. During the investigation, we received a report of another gunshot heard at the Usriia intersection. Police responded and discovered that the husband of the woman who was shot near the bank lived there. He had committed suicide. His sister was also found at the scene with injuries,” Kumar said.
3 weapons recovered
An illegal weapon and cartridges were recovered from the crime scene and seized as evidence, police said.Three weapons were also recovered from Vajpayee’s house. Police are examining the weapons and other evidence to establish how they were used in the shootings.The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination. Police are questioning family members and investigating what led to the killings.
Chilling WhatsApp status
The sequence became more disturbing after police found a lengthy message on Vajpayee’s WhatsApp status.In the message, he allegedly claimed that he had killed his wife and said he would kill his sister and himself, ANI reported.The earlier investigation had also revealed that Vajpayee’s wife and sister were targeted at separate locations after the initial shooting near the bank.Police are examining the WhatsApp message as part of the probe into the sequence of events.The investigation is also focused on reconstructing Vajpayee’s movements between the two locations and establishing the sequence of the three deaths.(With agency inputs)
