Chetram Singh

AGRA: A 41-year-old retired army personnel was allegedly shot dead by his teenage daughter after he opened fire at her and his wife, injuring them seriously in Mathura’s Mitthauli village. Police said the shootout followed a heated argument in the family.

According to police, Chetram Singh, who served as a Naik in the Jat Regiment and retired six years ago, took out his pistol in a fit of rage and shot at his 38-year-old wife and 17-year-old daughter (name withheld). As he turned the weapon to shoot his 13-year-old son, the injured girl pounced on him and managed to snatch the weapon from his hands. She then opened fire, killing the former soldier on the spot.

Both, Chetram’s wife and his daughter are battling for their lives at a private hospital. Police said they were waiting for them to record their statements.

Circle officer Alok Dubey said while one bullet scrapped the woman’s right eyebrow, the girl sustained gunshot wounds in the abdomen. Chetram was shot at in his chest and abdomen, police said. His body has been sent for post-mortem.

Police said the girl, who is taking coaching classes in Allahabad, had come home two days back. Her younger brother is studying in Class IX in Mathura.

Mathura deputy inspector general Shalabh Mathur said the police recovered a pistol, two magazines, three live cartridges along with two empty ones from the spot. He said Chetram was said to be angry over his daughter’s alleged affair with a local youth. “We are inquiring the matter in detail,” he said.

Meanwhile, a case was filed under Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC at Naujheel police station on the basis of a complaint filed by the deceased’s brother.

