Ex-serviceman shoots wife, mother-in-law dead, later kills himself

Ex-serviceman shoots wife, mother-in-law dead, later kills himself

Babushahi Bureau

Gurdaspur (Punjab), November 19, 2025: A shocking double murder followed by a suicide rocked Punjab’s Gurdaspur district early Friday morning. An ex-serviceman, identified as Bir Singh, shot dead his wife and mother-in-law over an ongoing family dispute before turning the gun on himself when police cornered him.

The incident took place around 3 AM in Khuthi village under Dorangla Police Station. Bir Singh, who was employed as a security guard with PESCO at the Central Jail in Gurdaspur, allegedly opened fire on his 32-year-old wife, Akvinder Kaur, and 55-year-old mother-in-law, Gurjit Kaur, killing both on the spot.

After committing the murders, he fled to his flat in Scheme No. 7 of the Improvement Tru