The wife of an accused in the RTI activist Satish Shetty murder case was shot outside her residence in Dehu Road on Monday night. 29-year-old Harshada Shinde was riding pillion with her husband Santosh Shinde when two bike-borne assailants fired at them, as they neared their building.

Harshada who sustained bullet injuries to her right arm is out of danger, and is recuperating at a hospital. Police believe the intended target was Santosh, a history-sheeter who is out on bail, after he was booked under criminal charges for plotting the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty two years back. After the incident, the attackers fled from the spot taking advantage of the darkness.