Gun in man’s hand, ex-lovers discovered useless inside locked automobile in Noida; final WhatsApp message hints at relationship fallout earlier than deaths | Noida Information

NOIDA: A 32-year-old man and a 28-year-old girl have been discovered useless with gunshot wounds inside a locked automobile in Sector 107 on Saturday afternoon. Police are investigating the dual deaths as murder-suicide, primarily based on a message within the man’s cellphone that indicated he had killed his ex-girlfriend earlier than turning the gun on himself.The 2 have been recognized as Rekha, a resident of Salarpur in Noida, and Sumit Kumar, a resident of Trilokpuri in Delhi. Rekha labored in a non-public firm in Sector 62, whereas Sumit had a mineral water plant enterprise.The deaths have been found round 1pm on Saturday when locals discovered a suspiciously parked automobile close to Dadri Highway, near pillar no 84, police stated. The car had been stationary for a very long time. Passersby discovered a person, with a gun in his hand, and a lady, bleeding and unconscious of their seats, after which they alerted the police.A workforce from the Sector 39 police station broke open a window and found each useless from head gunshot wounds. They recovered a pistol, two spent cartridges, and confirmed the weapon was unlawful.Individually, police are additionally a message purportedly typed by Sumit on WhatsApp at 3.39pm on Friday. Within the message, Sumit wrote that the 2 had been in a relationship for 15 years and had plans to get married. Nevertheless, he wrote, Rekha lately determined to marry another person, which prompted him to take the acute step. It was not instantly clear if he despatched the message to anybody or saved it for himself. Rekha’s household, in the meantime, claimed Sumit had been harassing her and a criticism was filed previously. The matter was later resolved after he apologised and warranted that he wouldn’t hassle her once more, the household alleged. Rekha’s brother stated the couple’s relationship had change into strained in current months as her household was arranging her marriage elsewhere as a result of they belonged to totally different castes.Each households had filed lacking particular person complaints on Friday – Rekha’s at Sector 58 police station in Noida and Sumit’s in Delhi.Investigators stated it was probably the 2 deliberate the assembly prematurely. Police are scanning CCTV footage from over 50 cameras within the space to find out when Rekha left her workplace and the place she met Sumit. In accordance with police sources, Rekha’s household stated she often returned residence by 7pm. When she didn’t on Friday, they approached a neighborhood police outpost later within the night time. Her cellphone remained off by means of Friday however was switched on round 7am on Saturday. Calls to it went unanswered.This means one or each was alive on the time and the shootings occurred later within the morning on Saturday.Sumit’s brother Sachin questioned the circumstance of their deaths and stated the spot the place the automobile was discovered was lower than a kilometre from Rekha’s home. He demanded a radical investigation to rule out foul play.Further deputy commissioner of police Manisha Singh advised reporters, “Forensic groups have been known as to the spot. Blood samples, the weapon, and different materials proof have been collected. Ballistic examination of the pistol will assist decide the sequence of firing, the space from which the pictures have been fired, and different essential particulars,” she stated. Officers stated cell phone knowledge of each the deceased can be examined to reconstruct their actions and conversations previous to the incident. That is vital as a result of it is going to decide whether or not they spent the complete time within the automobile since they met on Friday night, went someplace or met somebody.