A 48-year-old woman, member of BJP Minority Cell, was shot dead at Indira Sahayata Nagar under Gautam Nagar police station area on Wednesday.
According to the police, the deceased Jameela Bi was rushed to Hamidia hospital after she sustained bullet injury where she was declared dead.
SP (North) Arvind Saxena said that the death occurred under suspicious circumstances as deceased’s son Aman (18) claimed that he was in the next room and when her mother was shot at, but he had not seen the killers while the deceased’s husband Rehman has alleged that Shoaib killed his wife who had dispute earlier with the deceased and had threatened her of life in the past.
The statements of the family members would be verified as they are not able to provide the details of the death. The deceased was a member of BJP minority cell, he added.
Saxena said that initially the family members did not report that the deceased was shot at. Instead, they claimed that Jameela fainted and took her to Hamidia hospital where she was declared dead and later it was found that the deceased sustained bullet injury in her back which lead to her death.
Police suspect that the deceased’s husband and son are not providing the proper details behind the death and would be quizzed in the further
investigation.
Body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.