Murdered constable’s husband found dead

NEWDELHI: Nearly 14 hours after a 32-year-old Delhi Police woman constable was found shot to death in a car in Delhi’s Lodhi Colony, her husband, who was the prime suspect in the murder case, allegedly killed himself with his service pistol at Jamalpur village in UP’s Meerut Tuesday night, officials of Delhi and UP Police said.

Around 11pm, a joint team of Delhi Police’s south district and the special cell was questioning the head constable Manoj’s relatives in the village regarding his whereabouts when they heard a gunshot in a field nearby. They found Manoj bleeding from the head.

A bullet wound was found in his right temple and his service pistol was lying nearby. Local police were informed, DCP (south) Atul Kumar Thakur said.

Brajesh Kumar Singh, SHO of Incholi police station, said the head constable’s body was sent to a government hospital.

“The pistol has been sent to a forensic lab. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 of CrPC have been initiated,” Singh said.

On Tuesday around 9am, the body of constable Renu Malik was found on the front passenger seat of a Maruti Ritz car in Lodhi Colony.

The police started working on the theory that Manoj who was posted to special cell, had killed her due to marital discord.

He was missing since her murder and the car was his colleague’s.

Initial probe revealed the couple was living separately but was in touch. The sequence of events has not been ascertained.

“Whether the constable was killed by her husband, who then used the same service pistol to kill himself is being probed. He, however, was our prime suspect based on circumstantial evidence,” DCP Thakur added.

His relatives told police they asked him to surrender when he came to them for shelter , an officer said, requesting anonymity.