Indian couple found dead

Houston, February 19 

An Indian-American couple was found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide at an affluent suburb in the US state of Texas, the police said. 

Police officers were called to the house in Sugar Land on Monday around 6 am.They found the bodies of Sreenivas Nakirekanti (51), and his wife,  Shanti Nakirekanti (46) at the scene.

They said Shanti was found with a gunshot wound on her head in the driveway of the home on Pendergrass and Sheffield Court. Sreenivas was found in the bedroom with a gunshot wound on the chest and a small handgun nearby, the police said. 

The police said a preliminary investigation indicated Sreenivas shot and killed Shanti and then turned the gun on himself. — PTI