Mangaluru: Class 10 student dies after father misfires

Mangaluru: A Class 10 student who was critically injured after his father allegedly misfired his rifle died on Friday morning. The incident took place in Vaishavi Express Cargo Private Limited in Mangaluru South police station. Where businessman Rajesh Prabhu, the owner of the firm, opened fire injuring his son Sudhindra, a 16-year-old boy, on Tuesday afternoon.

Mangaluru city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that the bullet had pierced about 8 inches into the head of Sudhindra, he died at around 5 am and the body was shifted to the government Wenlock district hospital for post-mortem.

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This case happened after a heated argument over payment of wages. Sudheendra was seriously injured after Prabhu, owner of Vaishnavi X’press Cargo Private Limited, opened fire from his .32 bore pistol at two of his employees and the bullets missed the target but hit him.

While two rounds were fired, one bullet hit Sudheendra in his head and entered deep inside through the top of his left eye. He was immediately rushed to the private hospital.