Bihar MLA shoots wife, daughter; kills self

Ruling Janata Dal - United Member of Legislative Assembly Abhay Singh on Friday allegedly committed suicide after shooting his wife and six-month-old daughter dead at his father and Bihar minister Narendra Singh's official residence in Patna.

Food and Supplies Minister Narendra Singh fell unconscious after the incident and has been admitted to the Intensive Critical Care Unit of Patna Medical College and Hospital with cardiac complications, sources said.

Abhay Singh, who had been elected from Jamui, shot his daughter and wife dead with a gun before killing himself, allegedly after a quarrel, at approximately 2 am.

Abhay Singh's 3-year-old elder daughter was with her grandmother in another room at the time of the incident. Narendra Singh was sleeping in another room at the time of the incident.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of the Opposition Rabri Devi rushed to Singh's residence after getting the news.

Describing it as a very sad incident, Kumar said, "We are all with the family members of Narendra Singh."

The bodies have been sent to the hospital for post-mortem, police said.