Punjab:Army Lt Colonel kills wife, shoots himself dead in Ferozepur

January 10, 2023 - PatialaPolitics

Punjab:Army Lt Colonel kills wife, shoots himself dead in Ferozepur

A serving Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army shot himself and wife in Ferozepur cantonment on Sunday night. Police sources said that 44-year-old Nishant Parmar shot his 42-year-old wife Dimple in her head and later strangulated her at their official accommodation in Ferozepur cantonment on Sunday night. He then went to a temple in his unit’s quarter guard, prayed, and shot himself in the head.

They were reportedly going through a matrimonial dispute which took an ugly turn last

here. Later, he went to a temple where he offered prayers and then went to the unit’s quarter guard where he got hold of an INSAS rifle from a sentry on the pretext of a demonstration and shot himself

night. Sources said the deceased officer first killed his wife at their residence in the unit lines