A Village Defence Committee (VDC) member shot dead his wife with the rifle allotted to fight militants in the Pir Panjal valley’s Rajouri district on Thursday.
A police spokesman said Tirth Ram, a sarpanch from Patrara, fired upon his wife with a .303 rifle during the intervening night of September 13-14. The victim, Neelam Devi, 46, was seriously injured in the incident and shifted to Sub District Hospital (SDH), Sunderbani, by the family members.
“The victim succumbed to her injuries at the Government Medical College, Jammu, later,” the police said.
