Judge’s wife dies after being shot by his ‘disturbed’ gunman in Gurugram

NPNEWS NETWORK

Gurugram

The wife of additional sessions judge, who was shot at by his gunman yesterday, succumbed to her injuries. Gunman Mahipal was arrested after he shot at wife and son of additional sessions judge in Sector 49, on Saturday.

He had been working as the gunman of additional sessions judge Krishnakant Sharma for last one and half years. After shooting his wife and son, he had called the judge on phone to inform him about the incident.

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The injured were rushed to Medanta hospital, where the judge’s wife Ritu Sharma succumbed to her injuries during treatment. Their son is battling for life in the hospital. She had received injuries on chest, while Dhruv was hit in the head.

Later police arrested the policeman Mahipal Singh (32) from the Gurugram-Faridabad road. Gurugram Police are investigating why he shot the family members of the judge.

Judge Krishnakant Sharma’s wife Ritu (38), son Dhruv (18) went for shopping at around 3 pm to Arcadia Market in Sector 51. The head constable, who was responsible for the protection of Krishna Kant, was with them, “said DCP Sulochana Gajraj.

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Some locals informed the police about the firing in Arcadia Market. The police team then reached the spot. At that time, Ritu and Dhruv were lying in a pool of blood, the officer added.

Police officials said that the policeman called the judge three times around 3.45 pm. Judge Krishankant Sharma was in a meeting with district session judge R K Sondhi. Singh had allegedly shot at them with his service revolver (.38 bore).

He fled soon after, but returned and tried to put the body of the son into the car’s rear seat, according to videos shot by onlookers. Having failed to do so, he left the spot. He was arrested two hours later from the Gurugram-Faridabad Road.

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Singh, a resident of Bhungarka village in Narnaul, had been the judge’s personal security officer since April 2017, when the Sharma had been posted at Gurugram court.

During interrogation Singh told police that he was mentally disturbed and irritated as he did not like to run errands for the family and felt he was ‘possessed’ at the time of the incident. He did not like going with them to the market and did not like doing household chores.