Rampur, Nov. 23 -- A man allegedly shot dead his wife in Shahbad's Saifni police station area and attempted to evade arrest by staging a dramatic rooftop standoff that lasted nearly seven hours on Saturday.
Police ultimately arrested the accused without further incident.
The incident took place in Raipur's Majra village, where Ram Bahadur lives with his son Ramvir (35), daughter-in-law Sheila (30), and three young grandchildren. According to Ram Bahadur, the episode began around 9 a.m. when Sheila was in the kitchen preparing food for the children. Ramvir came out of his room carrying a country-made pistol and shot her, resulting in her death on the spot.
Hearing the gunshot, Ram Bahadur rushed inside and saw his daughter-in-law lying de...