Overview
- Gurpreet Singh, an ex-serviceman employed by PESCO as a guard at Gurdaspur District Jail, is accused of killing his wife Akvinder Kaur and mother-in-law Gurjit Kaur.
- Police say he took an AK-47 from the jail, shot the two women at Khuthi village around 3 a.m., then hid in Improvement Trust Colony No. 7.
- Roughly 200 personnel, led by SSP Aditya, cordoned off the colony and attempted to negotiate Singh’s surrender.
- An initial gunshot during the standoff was later attributed to an inadvertent discharge by a police officer, after which Singh shot himself dead.
- Officials and family members cite a longstanding marital dispute with prior complaints, and police are probing jail procedures and the response at the scene.