Mangalore: Miscreants Open Fire in Shipping Company at Kulur
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MM/CN)
Mangalore, Oct 20: Panic was triggered in Kulur after miscreants entered a shipping company and opened fire inside the office on Monday October 20. Worldwide Shipping Company was where the incident occurred and according to sources, the owner was not in the office at that time.
The shooting occurred around 5.30 pm when two people entered the office asking for the owner. When they came to know that he had gone out, they fired bullets at the ground. The miscreants fled from the spot leaving behind the car they had arrived in.
Police sources said the two men belong to underworld don Ravi Poojary’s gang. They had tried to extort a huge amount of money from the owner of the shipping company, some days ago.
They are thought to have come to the office in an attempt to threaten the owner to pay up. Superintendent of police, Sateeshkumar, and other senior police officials reached the spot and have initiated a probe.