Punjab Shocker: Woman shot dead for consuming liquor near Gurudwara

In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old woman was shot dead by a man in Punjab’s Patiala on the night of May 14.

The accused, Nirmaljeet Singh Saini, shot Parminder Kaur as she was allegedly consuming liquor near a Gurudwara premises in the city.

Varun Sharma, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Patiala, stated, "The accused has been arrested, and his licensed revolver has also been seized."

Further investigation is underway.

In an unrelated incident, a 58-year-old man was allegedly shot dead outside his home in the Paschim Vihar area of West Delhi, as reported by the police on Sunday.

The deceased, identified as Anwar Khurshid alias Alha Diya, was working as a mason in Delhi and originally hailed from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, the man was shot dead while he was on his way to dispose of garbage on Sunday morning. The daughter of the deceased mentioned that she heard gunshots while she was talking to her father on the phone.

During the police inquiry, three empty cartridges and blood were discovered at the crime scene. DCP (Outer Delhi) Harender Kumar Singh, in a statement to ANI, said, "On Sunday, a PCR call was received at the Paschim Vihar West police station regarding a man sustaining gunshot injuries."

"Before a local police team could reach the spot, it was found that the injured person had been taken to SGM Hospital by family members, but he was declared brought dead by the doctors," DCP Singh added.

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