Delhi Cop Shoots Wife Dead on Birthday 'Dowry Harassment'

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead in the middle of a road by her husband, a Delhi Police constable, on her birthday in east Delhi's Vinod Nagar area, family members of the victim claimed.

The family of the victim, identified as Priyanka, claimed the couple left home together on a motorcycle before an argument broke out on the road.

The accused, identified as Manish Bhati, is posted with the Anti Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of the Delhi Police and has been absconding since the incident, police said.

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Priyanka's brothers, Rahul and Manish, the couple left their New Vinod Nagar home late Sunday night to go out for some work on her birthday.

They alleged that the two got into an argument while riding the motorcycle, following which the constable allegedly shot his wife in the middle of the road near Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital and fled, leaving her critically injured.

Priyanka was found lying on the roadside by a delivery executive passing through the area. He rushed her to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, where doctors declared her dead, police said.