Man shoots at wife, her mother, kills paramour in Haibowal

Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 10

A man, Jaswinder Singh Virdi (37), shot at his wife Jaspreet Kaur, alias Shivani (34), and his mother-in-law Vandana (55) in Haibowal early this morning.

Both have been admitted to Dayanand Medical College by neighbours where their condition is said to be critical. The house of the mother-in-law of Jaswinder is at Hakikat Nagar, while he resides at Pavitar Nagar, Haibowal.

After firing, he went to Nurmahal in Jalandhar district where he shot dead 22-year-old Rohit with whom he suspected illicit affair of his wife. Jaswinder was captured in the CCTV cameras while he was fleeing on his Activa scooter (PB08CW1923).

Assaulter is jobless

When Jaswinder Singh Virdi lived in Jalandhar, he used to work for a college by making students take admission in it. He got unemployed after shifting to Ludhiana during lockdown. His wife was working at some jeweller shop.

Neeraj Chaudhary, SHO, Haibowal police station, said Jaswinder had been living with his wife Jaspreet at Pavitar Nagar in a rented accommodation for around eight months along with their son Damanjot (15) and daughter Jasleen Virdi (13). The two had a fight on Monday night over some issue. After this, at 6 in the morning, he first shot at his wife from a .32-bore weapon and a bullet pierced her cheeks.

Then he went to Hakikat Nagar and shot at his mother-in-law Vandana, who owns a vend there.

As per the statement of Jaspreet’s sister, Jaswinder was suspecting illicit affair of his wife with Rohit of Nurmahal and Jaspreet’s mother was aware of the same, due to which he planned to kill them all.

The SHO said before shifting to Ludhiana, the couple lived in Lohara, Jalandhar, and they had family relationship with Rohit and his family.

Additional DCP Sameer Verma said, “Illicit relationship could be the cause of the crime but exact cause will be known once the injured women regain consciousness and record their statements.”.

The police suspect that an illegal weapon could be used in the crime.

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