Kolkata: Man Murders Wife Before Killing Her Mother, Shoots Self

Amit Agarwal, the man who shot himself, was fighting a legal battle for divorce from his wife Shilpi, who was residing in Bengaluru.

Kolkata, June 23: In a shocking incident a 42-year-old man on Monday allegedly shot himself after killing his mother-in-law at her flat in Kolkata and that too after flying down from Bengaluru where he had killed his wife.  In his suicide note, Amit Agarwal had accepted killing his wife Shilpi in Bengaluru before flying down to the city on Monday evening, a police officer said, according to the PTI report.

The police officer informed Agarwal was fighting a legal battle for divorce from his wife Shilpi, who was residing in Bengaluru. It was learned from the suicide note after which the Bengaluru Police and the DCP Whitefield were contacted and the dead body of the woman was recovered from a flat there.

According to the news agency, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Whitefield, M N Anucheth said police in Bengaluru received a message from the Kolkata Police regarding Agarwal and his suicide note.

When the police reached Shilpi’s apartment based on the inputs the door had to be broken after which the dead body of the Shilpi was found lying on the floor of the kitchen next to a cupboard.

The official added that prima facie it looked the woman has been murdered but the official confirmation is awaited after post mortem. The case has been taken up by the Mahadevpura police station, Anucheth said.

The Kolkata police officer said that Agarwal killed his mother-in-law Lalita Dhandhania, around 60 years old, following an altercation.

"Agarwal went to his in-laws' flat around 5.30 pm and started an argument with his father-in-law Subhas Dhandhania and mother-in-law. During the conversation he got agitated and suddenly fired at Lalita at a very close range," the IPS officer said, as per PTI.

It is when the father-in-law ran out of the flat and alerted neighbours and informed the Phoolbagan Police Station, he added.  When police entered the room, they found Agarwal lying in a pool of blood... and recovered the firearm, which was lying on the floor," the officer said. The matter is being probed and legal action is being taken, he said.