Financier, wife shot dead in robbery bid at Dugri

LUDHIANA: A day after a businessman killed his wife and son before shooting himself at Model Town Extension, Ludhiana witnessed another horrific crime on Friday.

A Dugri-based financier and his wife were shot dead by criminals who had come to rob the couple at their residence in

Dugri

on Friday afternoon.

The victims --

Sunil Gupta

, 60, and his wife

Neelam Gupta

, 55 -- lived in the MIG flats in Dugri phase-II.

One of the robbers was caught by residents after he fractured his leg while jumping from first floor in a bid to escape.

He was identified as Sandeep Kumar. His accomplice, identified as

Raju Tiwari

, was arrested in the evening.