Chandigarh: A security guard posted at Gurdaspur district jail on Wednesday killed his wife and mother-in-law with an AK-47 rifle he took from the prison and later shot himself dead while police tried to convince him to surrender, officials said.

Gurpreet Singh took the rifle from the prison and barged into his mother-in-law’s house early Wednesday morning. He shot dead his wife Akvinder Kaur and mother-in-law Gurjit Kaur over a marital dispute.

He later hid himself in Improvement Trust Colony which was later cordoned off by a heavy police force upon receiving the information about the two murders. Show Full Article

Though police tried to convince him to surrender, Singh shot himself dead, the police said.

Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Aditya said that Singh was an ex-serv

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