Unknown assailants murder MESCOM engineer at Bejai
Bellevision Media Network
Mangalore, Sep 22, 2014: The unknown assailants murdered a engineer of state-run energy supplier Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM) at Bejai here at the wee hours on Sunday September 21.
The deceased has been identified as fifty-five-year-old Jagdish Rao who was working as executive engineer with MESCOM.
Sources informed that the assailants entered the house of Jagdish through the terrace and killed him by slitting his throat. When his wife screamed for help, the assailants have escaped by the same route. The neighbours rushed to chase the assailants even firing a few shots with their licensed pistol, but the assailants managed to flee.
The motive behind the murder is yet to be known.
DCP (law and order) Dr K V Jagadish and other police personnel arrived at the spot and held preliminary investigation. A canine squad and fingerprint experts were also called.
The body was shifted to Wenlock Hospital for post-mortem.
Kadri police have registered a case and further investigations are on.