Ludhiana: In a gruesome incident, a man shot his wife and mother-in-law over a trivial issue here on Tuesday morning.
Hearing the sound of gunshots, neighbours rushed the injured to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, where their condition is stated to be critical.
The accused has been identified as Jaswinder Singh of Patel Nagar and he fled the spot after committing the crime. The accused was an ex-lecturer at a local college and was currently unemployed.
Following the information, police also rushed to the spot and launched an investigation.
Police said that the accused lived with his wife Jaspreet Kaur at Patel Nagar. The two had a fight on Monday night over some petty issue. Following this, at 6 am on Tuesday he shot at his wife. Then he went to Pratap Nagar and shot at his mother-in-law, identified as Vandana.
Local took Jaspreet to the hospital while police were patrolling near the place where the mother-in-law was shot at heard the gunshots and rushed Vandana to hospital.
Police in charge of the Haibowal said that the accused is absconding and efforts are on to nab him.
“It is yet to be ascertained whether the accused used his licensed weapon. What triggered these events could be known once the injured regained consciousness, police added.