Jammu, Nov. 3 -- A Village Defence Group (VDG) member and his wife died of gunshot injuries under mysterious circumstances at their residence in a remote village of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Monday evening, officials said.

Preliminary investigations suggest that both were hit by bullets fired from the VDG member's weapon at their residence in Bralkund Mora village of Baggodas in Mahore tehsil, they said.

It is suspected that Javed Ahmed (26), a VDG member, was cleaning his weapon when it discharged, causing bullet injuries to him and his wife, Shaheena Akhter (22), the officials said.

The two were rushed to the local Primary Health Centre (PHC), where doctors declared them dead, the officials said.

They said a police team ...