Panic prevailed in Arera Hills area after a 40-year-old ex-army personnel and security supervisor was shot dead by his subordinate security guard at Nirman Sadan in the early morning hours over cut in pay.
The accused shot deceased twice near in chest and due to which he died while on his way to hospital. Accused tried to escape but rammed into a car and fell and was nabbed by the locals.
Deceased identified as Rajkumar Thakur (40) was shot twice with his licensed gun by security guard Mayank Tiwari. Rajkumar was supervisor of security and was ex-army personnel.
The incident was found in CCTV footage in which Mayank who was sitting in the cabin and stopped Rajkumar when he entered the premises and started verbal abuse. The accused opened fire at Rajkumar.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post-mortem. The police have registered a case under sections 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The police have recovered the gun used in the murder.
The incident took place at around 9.30 in the morning and panic prevailed in the area after hearing the gunshots.
Police found that the accused was irritated over salary cut which was done by Rajkumar who was supervisor and in-charge of the staff and could facilitate hike or cut in the salary pay.
Meanwhile, a woman was brutally murdered at her house in Kadhaiya Kheda village under Nazeerabad police station area on Thursday.
Kanchan Bai was found murdered at her house in the morning on Thursday. Her face was smashed by blunt object. Police have started investigation in the murder case.