Shahdol (MP), Oct 30 (PTI) A 42-year-old police sub inspector allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself after killing his wife in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district on Saturday evening, an official said.

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The incident occurred in Patel Nagar area here when the couple's two children, a 13-year-old boy and 10-year-old daughter, were at home, Additional Superintendent of Police Mukesh Vaishy said.

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"Sub inspector Hiralal Paraste shot dead his wife Rani Paraste (35) with his service revolver and then shot himself in a locked room. The children were on the upper floor. The children have said they heard a sound like a cracker going off amid high volume of the television," he said.

A probe was underway to find out why Paraste, who was posted at Panwar police station in Rewa Rewa district, took this step, he added.

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