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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Sep 21: A person employed with Mescom was allegedly murdered at his residence in Bejai here in the wee hours of Sunday September 21.
The deceased has been identified as Jagadish Rao (55), executive engineer of Mescom.
Sources said that at two persons entered the house through the backdoor in the middle of the night and reportedly killed Jagadish by slitting his throat. When his wife woke on hearing her husband scream, the murderers had already gotten away through the same way they had come, sources said.
When Jagadish's wife Bharati called for help, and immediately a neighbour rushed to her house and reportedly tried to stop the culprits by opening fire, but in vain. By the time Jagadish was rushed to hospital, he had already breathed his last.
The motive behind the murder is not yet known. The police are yet to establish whether the culprits had come to steal from the house or kill Jagadish. Except for a chain belonging to Jagadish, which was kept on a table, nothing else was taken, police sources said.
DCP (law and order) Dr K V Jagadish and other police personnel arrived at the spot and conducted 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.