A 48-year-old man shot dead his wife in front of their 11-year-old daughter following an argument at their flat in a residential society in Ghaziabad’s Nandgram area on Tuesday morning, police said.
The couple — previously booked under the Gangsters Act in connection with a murder case — had been living separately due to a family dispute, officers said.
The accused, identified as Vikas Sehrawat, has been absconding since the incident, and a search operation is underway, they added.
According to police, the incident happened inside Ajnara Society, where Sehrawat’s wife, Ruby (45), lived with their two daughters, aged 11 and 16. The elder daughter had left for school when the incident happened, officers also said.
Police said that preliminary inquiry revealed that Sehrawat had come to th