05 January,2021 11:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Police at the scene of the incident
A man in his mid-twenties shot a woman at point blank range before shooting himself in the head in Malad West on Monday, in what appears to be a suicide pact, the police said. The incident took place around 9.45 pm near Ijmima behind Goregaon sport club.
The two have been identified as Rahul Yadav, who lived at Lalji Pada in Kandivli West, and Kurar resident Nidhi Mishra, believed to be 24-year-old.
Rahul Yadav
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The police said the couple were in a relationship and that Nidhi's family had fixed her marriage with someone else. Yadav had a criminal past, they said.
Quoting eyewitnesses, the police said the couple had food at the scene and then Yadav shot Nidhi dead before turning the gun on himself.
Cops from the Bangur Nagar police, a senior officer and DCP Vishal Thakur visited the spot. They recovered an empty cartridge from the spot. The bodies were sent to Shatabdi Hospital, said an officer.
