India, June 8 -- A 52-year-old man allegedly shot dead his wife and 23-year-old son following a domestic dispute at their residence in Ashok Vihar Phase-III in Sector 5 early Sunday, police said.

The deceased were identified as Asha Rani, 45, who owned and served as principal of a private school in the vicinity, and her son Prashant Kumar, 23, who was unemployed. Both sustained multiple gunshot injuries and were rushed to the Civil Hospital in Sector 10A, where doctors declared them dead on arrival, police said.

According to investigators, the incident took place between 12.30am and 1am after a heated argument broke out among family members. The accused, a security officer with a private firm, allegedly used his licensed revolver to ope...