J-K : Cop shoots wife dead during quarrel, attempts suicide; hospitalised

SRINAGAR: (May 16) A police officer allegedly shot his wife dead in a fit of rage before trying to kill himself in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Saturday.

A probationary sub-inspector (PSI) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Deep Singh, posted at a special operations group (SOG) camp in Kandi area of the north Kashmir district, had a quarrel with his wife Bhawana late Friday, officials said.

During the altercation, Singh allegedly fired upon his wife in a fit of rage, killing her on the spot. ( PTI )