By IANS,
Hyderabad : In a love story gone sour, a police constable here Monday shot dead his woman colleague and also tried to kill himself. He is battling for life in a hospital here, police said.
According to police, constable Srinivas fired one round from his rifle at Lalita at the police station in Kukatpally, a major suburb of state capital Hyderabad. Even as other policemen present there overpowered him, Srinivas managed to shoot himself.
Both were taken to a local hospital in a critical condition and were later shifted to Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad.
Lalita succumbed at the hospital, while Srinivas is critical.
A police officer said that Srinivas told his colleagues before opening fire that Lalita had betrayed him. According to him, the two had a love affair for some time.
Lalita was a native of Annavaram in East Godavari district while Srinivas hails from Ranga Reddy district. Both had joined the Andhra Pradesh Police in 2009.