India, March 25 -- A 36-year-old woman and her 32-year-old friend were shot dead allegedly by her husband on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday at a house in Loni's Ram Park Colony over their alleged relationship, a police officer said.

The suspect, Mohammad Rashid, 38, was booked under BNS section 103(1) for murder and is on the run. The deceased has been identified as Shabnam, and Faheem Ansari, Siddharth Gautam, ACP of Loni circle, told HT, adding that Rashid and Ansari knew each other and were friends.

"Rashid allegedly shot both victims in his house. Police rushed them to a hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival. The couple's children were present in another room. They heard the altercation that ensued before t...