KEY POINTS

  • The incident happened Sunday
  • The police identified the deceased as Rajpal Paswan and Shabnam Kumari
  • Police recovered the gun from the scene

In a shocking case of murder-suicide, a man has fatally shot his ex-girlfriend before killing himself because the woman got married to another man and refused to come back to him, police said.

The incident happened in Patna, a city in the northern Indian state of Bihar.

The police have identified the deceased man as 25-year-old Rajpal Paswan. Paswan fatally shot his ex-girlfriend Shabnam Kumari, 23, Sunday while the latter was traveling along with her husband Vikash Kumar.

Kumari was reportedly in a relationship with Paswan before she got married to Kumar on May 26, Times Now News reported.

The couple was traveling to Kumar’s house on Sunday when Paswan intercepted them on a bike. After firing several rounds in the air, Paswan dragged Kumari out of the car and requested her to come with him. When Kumari refused to go with him, Paswan reportedly shot her in the head.

“As per Shabnam’s husband, Rajpal tried to convince her to come with him which she denied. Rajpal then shot Shabnam in the head from point-blank range. Later, he shot himself,” Devanand Sharma, an investigating officer said, as reported by Times of India.

Paswan died on the way to the hospital while Kumari was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The police recovered a country-made gun that was believed to be used for the attack. They also found many empty cartridges from the site.

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A similar case of murder-suicide was reported in Florida in March. A woman in Sorrento reportedly killed her ex-boyfriend before turning the gun on herself. Keven McCarthy, 50, and Michelle Nathan, 56, were found shot dead outdoors in an RV resort after the deputies responded to a report of a shooting incident.

An initial investigation revealed that McCarthy and Nathan were in a relationship but recently had a breakup. Since their breakup, McCarthy had been staying at the RV. Before the incident, some witnesses saw McCarthy sitting around a campfire along with Nathan’s daughter and a friend of hers. The police recovered a .357 magnum revolver from the crime scene afterward.