A man shot his wife dead over a petty dispute in the Saraswati Vihar area of Rorawar police station in Aligarh, police said on Thursday.
After the incident, the husband fled from the spot.
Reports said that Nitin Mittal, a resident of Begambagh Mohalla of Quarsi, runs a mobile phone shop in Surendra Nagar. He was married to Aarti Mittal (30) ten years back and has two sons from her. The couple had a heated argument over mobile phone about a week back and Aarti left the house to live with her friend, Gunjan, at her house in Saraswati Vihar.
On Wednesday evening, Nitin reached Gunjan’s house and again the couple had some heated exchange, following which Nitin whipped out a pistol and opened fire on Aarti in the presence of his children and many other residents of the area.
A case was registered and efforts were on to nab the accused.
Meanwhile, one Bablu Gupta, a resident of Kotha in Gagha area of Gorakhpur district, also attacked his wife, Radhika, with a sharp-edged weapon, critically injuring her. The police registered a case and arrested Bablu.
Reports said that Bablu Gupta was addicted to drugs and gambling and his father, Chhedi Gupta, had named the entire property to his grandsons.
After his father’s death, Bablu used to pressurise his wife to get the property transferred in his name.
Fed up by Bablu’s demands, Radhika started living at her maternal home in Barhalganj, Kodari along with her children. Two days ago she returned to her in-laws’ house.
On Tuesday night, Bablu reached home in a drunken state and started arguing with his wife and attacked her with a sharp-edged weapon.
Police station in-charge Gagaha Arvind Singh said a case was registered and the accused was arrested.