India, Nov. 19 -- An ex-serviceman, Gurpreet Singh shot himself dead with a rifle amid high drama in Gurdaspur early on Wednesday hours after killing his wife, Akwinder Kaur and mother-in-law Gurjit Kaur over a longstanding marital dispute.

Gurdaspur senior superintendent of police Aditya rushed to the local Improvement Trust Colony No. 7 on the outskirts of the town with nearly 200 police personnel on being informed about the murders and the threat by Gurpreet Singh to go on a killing spree.

"Soon after he shot dead his wife and mother-in-law at their house in Khuthi village in Dorangla at 3am, police teams rushed to the spot. We cordoned off the nearby Improvement Trust Colony No. 7, where he was hiding after the attack. We wanted to ...