BHOPAL, Oct. 7 -- A 26-year-old doctor posted at a private hospital allegedly shot a postgraduate medical student and her cousin with a handheld airgun on Tuesday evening in Bhopal's Gandhinagar area before attempting suicide, police said on Wednesday.

The three are currently undergoing treatment at a local hospital.

Gandhinagar Station House Officer (SHO) Sunil Chaturvedi said a case of attempt to murder has been registered against Dr Naveen Ruhela, a resident of Rajgarh.

Chaturvedi said Ruhela and Shweta Thakur, 25, had been in a relationship for about 18 months, and the two had broken up a few months ago. "Ruhela was upset over the separation and had been threatening the woman," he said.

Thakur, who had gone home to meet her family...