Cop kills lover, commits suicide
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Kandi-Koteranka (Rajouri), October 4
A special police officer (SPO) from Hindu community and a married Muslim woman who were in love committed suicide today after facing stiff opposition from society.

The couple allegedly ended their lives by shooting themselves in Khandigali area of Kandi here last evening. Sources said Shareefa Begum, 24, a married woman of Morah area and the SPO Sanjeev Kumar who was presently posted in Gadyog area, were in love for the last five years, allegedly killed each other on October 3 after society offered stiff opposition to their frequent meetings.

Shareefa Begum was a mother of a three-year-old girl Gudiya. Sources revealed that Sanjeev allegedly gunned down his lover with his father’s .303 rifle and later pumped two bullets into his body killing his lover and himself on the spot in a forest area at Khandigali area on October 3.

“The duo used to meet in forest area. However, the villagers spotted the lovers on several occasions and didn’t approve of it. Taking note of this the in-laws of woman started keeping a close watch on her. Since the duo faced lot of opposition from their respective families, their meetings were restricted to forest area,” said a local source.

“On October 2, the boy was spotted by the in-laws of the woman after which he went missing. Next day the woman was missing. The bodies of the duo were recovered by the police from the forests of Khandigali area at around 8 pm.”

The police had recovered .303 rifle belonging to the father of the deceased boy from the spot. He added that the lovers had died on the spot, with boy having two bullet injuries in abdomen and back whereas girl has just one bullet injury.