On Thursday, SBI bank employee Manas Vajpayee shot and killed his wife, Divya Mishra, outside an ICICI Bank branch in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar area around 12 noon.
The couple had been living separately for over a year after Divya filed for divorce last year, following 12 years of marriage amid ongoing marital discord.
Before the killings, Manas posted a WhatsApp status claiming his wife cheated on him, then returned home to kill his sister and die by suicide.
Lucknow Police discovered the bodies after breaking into the home upon seeing the status; officers are currently gathering eyewitness accounts for the ongoing investigation.
Following the shooting, Pragya posted on Instagram that Divya was rushed to the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, where police confirmed she was declared dead.