LUCKNOW, July 1 -- A 45-year-old wholesale grain trader was murdered allegedly by unidentified assailants while he and his wife were sleeping on the rooftop of their house in a Rae Bareli village under Khiro police station limits on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The accused scaled the rear boundary wall of the house to gain access to the terrace, police said.

The accused also shot the trader's wife in the abdomen when she resisted after finding her husband in trouble. She suffered damage to her liver, however, she was rushed to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rae Bareli, where she was operated upon, police said, adding her condition was out of danger.

"Initial probe has hinted at personal enmity," a...