Engineer kills wife, three others, self
JAIPUR: A 32-year-old engineer Sunday gunned down his wife and three relatives at his in-laws’ house before shooting himself dead two hours later in Rajasthan’s Tonk district, police said.Pradeep Jain, armed with two pistols and a knife, barged into his in-laws’ house around 9.30 a.m in Devali town of the district, some 100 km from state capital Jaipur. “He shot dead his wife Suman, two brothers-in-laws, Sanjay and Lokesh, and Lokesh’s wife Ankita,” said a police officer. After the shooting spree at his in-laws’ home, Pradeep went to his sister’s house about 500 metre away and addressed a huge crowd and media persons for two hours from the balcony.He alleged that he had been harassed and false criminal cases had been slapped on him by his wife and in-laws which had forced him to commit the crime. He said he had filed for divorce and wanted the custody of his four-year-old son. “He remained on the balcony for two hours before shooting himself on the forehead,” the officer said.(PTI)
‘Solution to Telangana issue would be found soon’
VISAKHAPATNAM:Andhra Pradesh Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana on Sunday expressed hope that a solution to end the contentious Telangana issue would be found soon. Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday made an appeal to Telangana supporters to observe restraint, saying that the central leadership is likely to take a decision on the issue in another two-three months. “Chief Minister has already said. We hope that a solution to the problem would be found soon,” he told reporters at the airport here before leaving for East Godavari district. The Congress leader made the comments at a function in Mahabubnagar district in Telangana region where supporters of separate statehood raised slogans in support of their demand. (PTI)