A 24-year-old woman was shot dead allegedly by a jilted lover, who then allegedly turned the gun on himself at her house in Punjabi Bagh area of West Delhi on Saturday, police said.
Police received a call around midday regarding two people lying in an injured condition in a house in the Old Slum Quarters in Punjabi Bagh, they said.
Inside the one-room dwelling, a woman, a recent divorcee, was found lying on a mattress with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head, a police officer said. She was declared dead on the spot.
In another room of the same unit, a man, who was later identified as Neeraj, 25, was found with a gunshot injury on his chest, police said. He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.
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Prima facie, it appeared to be a matter of unrequited love, the officer said.
The Mobile Crime Team and a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team inspected the spot and collected samples for scientific examination.
The circumstances leading to the firing are being ascertained, the officer added.
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