Mangaluru: Misfire by father leaves son seriously injured
Mangaluru, Oct 05, 2021: A 16- year- old boy was seriously injured after his father fired inside the office on Tuesday.
The incident took place at Vaishnavi Xpress Cargo Pvt Ltd in Morgans Gage around 3.30 pm today. Rajesh Prabhu heads the Cargo company and resides in the house next to the office.
Police said that two employees Chandru, and Ashraf working as driver and cleaner in a luggage vehicle who had been on a trip were asking ₹ 4,000 since last two days as their wage.
Rajesh told the police that today when they started screaming in front of his wife she called her son Sudhindra and husband Rajesh.
Sudhindra allegedly slapped the driver and the cleaner 2-3 times. The two were angry about this and there was confusion in the office.
Rajesh Prabhu took out the weapon and fired two rounds of which one has hit Rajesh’s son Sudhindra who was critically injured and admitted to Unity hospital in Mangaluru city. A case is registered at Mangaluru South police station.
Rajesh Prabhu owns the license for the pistol.
