Patiala, June 23 -- A 45-year-old property dealer allegedly shot dead his wife and son before taking his own life near Changera village on the Banur-Mohali road on Sunday, police said.

The property dealer, a resident of Muktsar district, who was residing in Mohali for the past seven-eight years, his 42-year-old wife and 18-year-old son, were found dead in a Fortuner SUV, which was parked along a field, said the police.

The bodies were spotted by a group of workers who had arrived in the area to install a tubewell. On noticing the motionless bodies inside the SUV, they immediately informed the Banur police.

The property dealer was lying dead in the driver's seat with a pistol in his hand. His wife was in the front passenger seat, while ...