In a shocking incident, a retired Indian Air Force commodore was found murdered in his house on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Monday. The 70-year-old retired pilot Parvez Khokar was living in a farm house along with his wife Pramila in the city.
According to Bangalore rural SP, B Ramesh, the former chief test pilot of Indian light Combat Aircraft Project (lCA), Air Commodore (Retd) Pervez Khokar, was found murdered in his estate in Hunksur gate, off Electronic city, in Bengaluru. He said that the retired officer was found strangled to death in his house.No valuables were missing from the house, police said.
Commodore Parvez and his wife on Sunday night had gone to bed in two separate rooms. On waking up the next day, Pramila found that her room was locked from outside. She called the neighbours who came home and found Khokar dead in his room.
During his 35-year-long service in IAF, he was part of several fighter squadrons. He was the military attaché at the Indian Embassy in Pakistan and the 18th commandant of the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment in Bangalore.