A DOCTORallegedly opened fire on his 28-year-old former girlfriend and her cousin in Gandhi Nagar on Tuesday night using a .32-bore pistol. The woman doctor escaped after a bullet grazed her head, while her cousin suffered injuries to the abdomen and chest. Police recovered the pistol from the spot. Couple had disputed relationship: Police identified the accused as Naveen Rohilla, a resident of Rajgarh. He and the woman doctor, Shweta Thakur, had been in a relationship for several years but had been facing disputes for around two months. Shweta had recently got engaged elsewhere, while Rohilla allegedly wanted to marry her. Argument escalates inside flat:Rohilla went to Shweta’s flat at Patanjali Complex on Tuesday night to meet her. The two initially spoke on the staircase before an argument broke out after they entered the house.

 

Rohilla allegedly pulled out the pistol and fired at Shweta and her cousin Ashutosh Thakur. Accused attempts suicide later: After the shooting, Rohilla returned to his room and allegedly attempted suicide by hanging himself. His friends rescued him and admitted him to a hospital. Police said that his statement will be recorded after his condition improves. Suicide note mentions betrayal: Police recovered a suicide note from Rohilla’s room in which he allegedly mentioned being betrayed in the relationship and cited it as the reason for his suicidal act. Attempt to murder case filed:DCP Adarshkant Shukla said that the bullet grazed the woman doctor’s head, while her cousin sustained injuries to his abdomen and chest. Gandhi Nagar police registered an attempt-to-murder case on Shweta’s complaint and are recording statements of witnesses who saw Rohilla heading towards her residence before the shooting.