Kanpur: Man commits suicide after shooting wife over a fight

In a shocking incident of domestic killing, a 32-year-old man from Kanpur's Maswanpur area has committed suicide on Friday by shooting himself with a country-made pistol after shooting his wife over what seems to be a family feud. Anil Kumar, Kanpur's Assistant Superintendent of Police (ACP) has said, "We had received information that a person, named Pankaj, first shot his wife and later shot himself, using the same country-made pistol. According to family members the husband and wife had some feud over an issue which might have led to the incident". The police have launched an investigation on the incident. The man died on the spot while his wife has been admitted to the hospital.

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Similar incidents of domestic killings

In a similar incident that took place in Fatehpur in late October, a 40-year-old man had murdered his wife with an axe over a domestic fight, injured his in-laws and was reportedly fleeing the village when he got caught by the villagers. The man was beaten to death by the villagers and a purported video of the same had gone viral over the social media for which three people had been identified and arrested.

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Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police OP Singh had then said that the man was from Chattisgarh and was visiting his in-laws' house in Fatehpur. He added that the man killed his wife with an axe and attacked his sister in law and mother in law and was fleeing the site when caught by the villagers. The doctor who conducted the postmortem had reported that the deceased had multiple bone fractures apart from injuries to his head and mouth.

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Another similar incident had come to light earlier in the month from Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh where a tailor by profession was arrested for killing his wife for her hobby of making TikTok videos. The wife was reportedly found hanging at their residence which was initially suspected to be a suicide but further investigation revealed that it was a murder and the husband confessed to have killed her.

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(With ANI inputs)