KANPUR: A horrific incident occurred when Harshvardhan, son of a retired chief medical officer, shot dead his sister and her three-year-old daughter in Etawah district on Sunday night. His actions were driven by anger over his father's property distribution favouring his sister.
Jyoti and her young daughter had been living at her father's house for several years.
The shootings took place whilst her husband was present, who sustained a hand injury during the incident. Police arrived swiftly, seized the weapon, apprehended Harshvardhan and initiated post-mortem procedures for the deceased.
This harrowing incident took place near Mahera Chungi in the Friends Colony area.
The house belonged to former CMO Dr L.S. Chauhan, where his daughter Jyoti, aged 40, lived with her three-year-old daughter Tashu.
Following her 2019 marriage to Rahul in Lucknow, Jyoti had spent three years caring for her father, whilst her husband, a practising advocate, made regular visits.
On Saturday, her husband Rahul had arrived from Lucknow for a visit.
Harshvardhan occupied the same premises with his family.
At around 9pm on Sunday, the former CMO, hearing gunfire, came down from the second floor to find Jyoti and Tashu bleeding.
Despite being rushed to the district hospital, both were declared dead on arrival.
Police investigations disclosed that the former CMO had given a house and 25 bighas of land to his daughter, which angered Harshvardhan.
SSP Sanjay Kumar Verma confirmed the property dispute as the cause of the killings, stating the accused was in custody and the bodies were sent for post-mortem.
"Meanwhile further investigations are continuing to ascertain the exact motive behind the tragic incident that claimed the lives of the mother-daughter duo," SSP added.
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