A divorce petition and allegations of “betrayal” have emerged as key factors in Thursday’s triple shooting in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar, where a man allegedly shot dead his estranged wife and sister before turning the gun on himself.
Bajpayee allegedly approached her, asked her to step out and assaulted her before shooting her. He then fled the spot in his car. Divya had also filed for divorce in a family court, seeking compensation and the return of dowry given during the marriage.
Police said the 33-year-old bank employee arrived at the Gomti Nagar branch around 12.05 pm in her car with a colleague. Police said Bajpayee and Divya had been living separately since November 2025.
Deputy commissioner of police (east) Deeksha Sharma, who reached the bank after the incident, said Divya had been working at the branch for three to four years.
She also claimed that there had been an altercation involving the couple and a counsellor at family court. Divya just wanted to separate from the murderer.
Divya had wanted to end the marriage and separate from Bajpayee, according to Mishra. “According to my sister, the murderer and his sister had beaten their mother so much that his own ailing mother had passed away. My sister had told me that there had been a scuffle with the counselor even in family court.”
