IAF civil engineer shot dead at official residence in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: A 50-year-old civil engineer of the Indian Air Force died after he was shot at inside his official residence in the high-security Air Force Colony Bamrauli area of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, police officials said, adding that preliminary investigation hinted at personal enmity for the crime.

- HT Correspondent

The deceased, identified as SN Mishra who was the civil engineer at the Central Air Command's North Zone, was attacked through the window of his room while his wife and son were asleep in other rooms of their Engineers Colony house inside the Air Force Station, Puramufti Station House Officer (SHO) Manoj Singh said.

Mishra sustained bullet wounds in his chest and was rushed to the Army hospital where doctors declared him dead, the SHO said. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination.

Following the incident, police officials scanned the CCTV footage of the area in which a suspect is seen crossing the boundary wall of the house of the deceased at around 3am.