India News | Man Kills Wife in UP
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A man allegedly shot dead his wife in the presence of policemen here on Tuesday, police said.
Mathura (UP), Feb 14 (PTI) A man allegedly shot dead his wife in the presence of policemen here on Tuesday, police said.
The incident took place in the morning in the Refinery area.
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The man had an argument with his wife following which she called the police, Assistant Superintendent of Police, City, M P Singh said.
When the woman was going to file a case against her husband, the man called her inside the house, shot her and fled, he said, adding she died on the spot.
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Singh said the woman had allegedly fled with a man, with whom she was in a relationship, eight months ago and her husband had filed a complaint in this connection.
The body has been sent for postmortem and further investigation is underway.
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