BJP's Kisan Morcha General Secretary Munesh Godara was allegedly shot dead by her husband Sunil Godara with his licensed pistol on Saturday night at their flat in Spaze Society located in sector 93 in Gurugram.
After committing the murder, Sunil escaped from the society in a car, waving his revolver. The accused who is a former army personnel, is yet to be apprehended.
Munesh Godara was staying along with her family in a rented flat in the society for the past 15 months. At the time of the incident, her father-in-law Chandrabhan of Charkhi Dadri district in Haryana, son Atul and daughter Kiran was present at the flat.
According to the police, the incident took at around 9.20 pm when Sunil reached his flat in a drunken state soon after couple had verbal spat as Sunil suspected her of having an extra-marital affair with another man identified as Bunty Gujar of Kadarpur village in Gurugram.
He allegedly opened fire on her from close range. The victim received two gunshot injuries on her chest and head and was dead on the spot.
The victim was talking to her younger sister Manisha on a video call who later informed their elder brother Sunil Jakhar about the incident. Jakhar resides just 3 km from his sister's flat.
Acting on Chandrabhan's statement, the police have registered a case against his son Sunil Godara, Bunty Gurjar and his wife Anu at the Sector 10A police station. Chandrabhan alleged in his police complaint that Munesh was having a love affair with a Bunty and his wife Anu was also aware of this. "There was always a fight between Sunil and Munesh over the same issue," he told the police. "Sunil's father has deliberately made false allegations against my sister as she had no connection with anyone. He is just trying to save his son. Sunil always used to fight with my sister. He used to quarrel and used to talk to everyone in a wrong way," Sunil Jakhar alleged.
"A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the culprits. The body has been handed over to the victim's family after autopsy. Further probe into the matter is underway the accused will be arrested soon," said Preetpal Singh Saghwan, ACP (crime).