Police suspect it’s a case of extramarital affair going sour
In a sensational incident, bodies of a general physician and his employee with gunshot injuries were found in a car in Delhi’s Rohini Sector-13 on Wednesday morning. Police said that preliminary investigation suggests that the doctor (62) shot the woman (50) with his licensed gun and then shot himself. Police were informed about the incident around 7:45 am on Wednesday.
The deceased have been identified as Dr Omprakash Kukreja, a resident of Rohini Sector-13, while his employee has been identified as Sudipta Mukherjee, a resident of Rohini Sector 18. Police said that Kukreja shot Mukherjee in the chest and then he turned the gun towards his the temple.
According to SD Mishra, DCP, Rohini district, after receiving a PCR call, a police team reached the spot and found that the car, belonging to the doctor, was locked from the inside and duo was lying in the pool of blood.
“During the time they worked together, they became closer. It is suspected that they were in an extramarital relationship. A personal dispute between them could be the reason behind the killing,” said the police official.
“A wedding card was also found in the vehicle. It seems they were returning from a wedding in Paschim Vihar on Tuesday night,” said the DCP.
“During initial probe it was revealed that the doctor and the woman had worked together for over 15 years. The woman earlier used to assist him at his clinic in Samaypur Badli. Later, when the doctor started his own hospital, Nirvana nursing home, in Sector 15, Rohini, in 2005, she joined him there and was looking after administrative works,” said the police official privy to investigation.
“Kukreja is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. The son, an ENT specialist, lives in Dehrahun with his wife, who is also a doctor and her daughter, a dentist lives with her family in Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar,” said the police official.
“The doctor lived with his family in Rohini Sector-13.The deceased woman’s husband works at a transport company in Delhi while her married son lives with his family in Dubai. The woman lived with her family in Sector 18, Rohini,” the police official added.
“Bodies have been sent for autopsy. Further investigation is still going on,” the DCP said.