They worked together for over 15 yrs

New Delhi: Bodies of a 62-year-old doctor and his employee with gunshot injuries were found in a car in Rohini Sector-13 on Wednesday. The initial investigation suggests that the doctor may have shot the woman (50) with his licensed gun and then shot himself. Around 7.45 am staff of Prashant Vihar police station were alerted about the incident. They reached the spot and found that the car was locked from inside.

The police team broke the window of the vehicle to gain access to the bodies. The woman was shot in her chest while the doctor had shot himself in his head. "Pistol was found in the right hand of the doctor," an investigator said. He said a wedding card was also found in the vehicle. It seems they were returning from the wedding in Paschim Vihar on Tuesday. The following facts were been investigated.

The doctor and the woman had worked together for over 15 years, police said, adding that she used to earlier assist him at his clinic in Samaypur Badli. Later, when the doctor started his hospital in sector 15, Rohini, in 2005, she joined him there and was looking after administrative works.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) SD Mishra said that initial investigation suggests that both the deceased had long standing affair. "The woman was pressurising the doctor to marry her," said Mishra.

The doctor is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. The son, an ENT specialist, lives in Dehradun with his wife and her daughter, a dentist lives with her family in Yamuna Vihar.

The deceased doctor's wife had lost her vision due to diabetes and high blood pressure. The doctor lived with his family in Rohini Sector-13.

The deceased woman's husband works at a transport company here while her married son lives with his family in Dubai. The woman lived with her family in Sector 18, Rohini.