A Delhi Police constable shot dead his teacher wife. The incident happened just hours after the wife’s 34th birthday. The accused husband Manish is absconding and the police is searching for him in Haryana and surrounding areas.
New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable shot his wife dead in public. 32-year-old constable Manish shot his 34-year-old wife Priyanka Bhati with his service pistol. Manish is absconding after the incident and police say that he is being searched in Haryana and surrounding areas.
The incident occurred near Kalyanpuri Metro Pillar around 3 am on Monday. Priyanka and her husband Manish lived in East Vinod Nagar. Priyanka was a computer science teacher in a private school in the city. Police said that it was Priyanka’s 34th birthday on Sunday and she was murdered just hours after the celebration.
Priyanka’s family alleges that Manish used to continuously harass her for dowry. There was a fight between the two on the day of the incident also. It is believed that during this time Priyanka got a head injury. After this, both of them left in the early hours on a scooter to take Priyanka to the doctor. They were going to LBS hospital, but before reaching the hospital, both of them had an altercation again on the way. According to the police, after this Manish stopped the scooter and shot Priyanka with his service pistol.
After the incident, Manish went back home on a scooter. He absconded from there. Police said that the accused left his mobile phone at home and ran away with his wife’s phone. Meanwhile, Priyanka, who was injured by a bullet on the road, was taken to the hospital by a pizza delivery boy and an auto-rickshaw driver, but her life could not be saved.
Manish and Priyanka were married seven years ago. Manish was recruited in Delhi Police in 2022. Earlier he was in the Special Cell and later he was posted in the Anti-Auto Theft Squad. DCP Rajiv Kumar said that the search for the accused has been intensified.