Woman health officer shot dead at point-blank range in Punjab’s Kharar

In a sensational murder, a senior health official was Friday shot dead at point-blank range at her office in Punjab's Kharar by a man who later pumped a bullet into himself, police said.

The official, Neha Shorie, was posted with the Drug and Food Chemical Laboratory in Kharar and dealth with licensing in Mohali and Ropar districts, they said.

The accused, Balwinder Singh of Morinda, entered her office and fired three bullets from his licensed revolver at Shorie at around 11.40 am, a police official said.

After firing bullets at the woman health officer, the accused tried to flee the spot on his motorcycle but was caught, the official said.