Mansa: A head constable posted as a gunman with the Mansa deputy commissioner allegedly fired at his family on Tuesday morning — just hours before the visit of Union home minister Amit Shah to town — and then died by suicide. His elder son was killed and his wife and younger son were critically injured.Gurwinder Singh was on leave at the time of the shooting but was still carrying his service pistol. A family dispute is believed to be the reason behind the incident.Neighbours heard a series of gunshots from inside the newly built, yet unpainted house of the head constable around 7am on Tuesday. They alerted police, who walked into a scene of horror. They took all four family members to Mansa civil hospital where Gurwinder and Jeet Singh (17) were declared dead. His younger son Dilshan and wife Harpreet Kaur were shifted to Bathinda as their condition worsened.As per neighbours, Gurwinder had shifted to the new house with his family only a day earlier. Mansa SSP Vaibhav Chaudhary said the service weapon used in the shooting has been recovered. It is learnt that the cop had a matrimonial dispute with his wife, said an officer.
