Inspector Badrish Dutt, posted with the elite Special Cell of Delhi Police and his paramour were found dead in a house in Sector-52 in Gurgaon, police said on Saturday.
Inspector Dutt, (45), who was one of the best in technical interception, was shot in the left temple from his own 9MM service revolver, while Geeta Sharma, (45), a divorcee was shot in the right temple. Both had died on the spot.
The gory crime scene was discovered by Special Cell sleuths who went to enquire about Inspector Dutt when he did nor respond to their calls on his cellphone. They then informed the Gurgaon Police about the tragic incident.
It is said that Inspector Dutt had a rocky relationship with his family and had started living with Geeta Sharma who had a flat on the second floor in Ardee City, Sector 52.
Commissioner of Police Gurgaon Alok Mittal said that Inspector Dutt and Geeta Sharma had suffered gunshot injuries and the bullets were fired from a very close range.
The weapon used in the offence was also recovered from the spot. Both the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination and the exact timing of both the deaths would be known only after forensic experts give their opinion, Mittal said.
Gurgaon Police is investigating the case from four different angles. They are investigating whether it was a suicide pact by the duoIJ Whether one of them first shot the other and then committed suicideIJ Who was the first to be killedIJ What was the extreme provocation that led the duo to enter into a suicide pact and end their livesIJ
Police suspect that it was Geeta Sharma who first shot Inspector Dutt and then ender her life. The trajectory of the bullets on both the bodies indicates this.
Police say that Geeta Sharma had a shady past as she was arrested by Delhi Police Crime Branch on charges of forgery. She had issued forged verification letters on behalf of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Geeta Sharma, who ran a detective agency from her house, was in-fact released from Tihar jail last week only.
Joint Commissioner of Gurgaon Police, Maheshwar Dayal said that both the bodies were discovered from Geeta Sharmas's house on Saturday morning. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the incident took place between one am to and four am on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
Police officials said that Inspector Dutt and Geeta Sharma were right handed and the manner in which the bullets have pierced through their temples indicates that it was Geeta Sharma who first killed Inspector Dutt and then shot herself dead. Sharma had on her right temple. Geeta Sharma's body was found over the body of Inspector Dutt's body. Geeta Sharma was unhappy since Dutt never visited her when she was lodged in Tihar jail for three weeks. It was here the seeds of distrust were sown, police sources said.
Inspector Dutt, who joined Delhi Police in 1991 as Sub-Inspector was one of the chosen ones who were inducted into the Special Cell in 1994. With the demise of Inspector Dutt Delhi Police has lost a 'Master Investigator' who could crack any code and track down Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and intercept calls emanating from any part of the country.
He was one of the ace investigators who cracked the dastardly December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case. He is also credited with identifying the hidden network of Indian Mujahideen (IM) and many of its operatives were arrested after Special Cell launched the crackdown on IM's Pan India network.
Inspector Dutt was also investigating the sensation hacking of the two websites "amethi.net" and 'raebareli.net. Amethinet and raebareli were created specifically to address the constituents of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi.
Inspector Dutt was part of the team under ACP Rajbir Singh and Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and was instrumental in many successful operations. With his death, Delhi Police have lost one of the wizards in deciphering codes of terrorist outfits, one of his colleagues lamented.