A security guard shot his wife dead allegedly over petty issue in Devipura area of Bulandshahr district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said here on Monday.
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MEERUT: Four armed assailants barged into the house of a jeweller in the city s posh Shastri Nagar area, held the family of Tejpal Verma at gunpoint for three hours and decamped with cash and jewellery worth over Rs 30 lakh.
According to the family, the assailants broke into the house through the terrace. When the family woke up due to commotion, the assailants claiming themselves to be sleuths of Ghaziabad crime branch held the family hostage at gunpoint. The assailants were armed with pistols, knives and rods. They entered through the terrace by breaking bolts of the door. We woke up by the sudden commotion and saw a torch light flashing at us. When we confronted them, the assailants took out their pistols and claimed they were sleuths from the crime branch and are here to take us away. They took our mobile phones into custody and held us captive in a room on the first floor, Kapil Verma, son of jeweller Tejpal Verma, said.