Two killed in shoot-out in Bangalore

Two persons were killed when unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants opened fire on a real estate office in Bangalore in broad daylight on Thursday.

Police said the office assistant Ravi, 32, and typist Geetha Shailaja, 42, were killed when the assailants, wearing masked helmets, rode up to Shabnam Developers in Tilak Nagar in Bangalore around 3.30 pm and fired at the office with a revolver.

Ravi died on the spot while Geetha Shailaja breathed her last at a private hospital to which she was rushed soon after the firing. The assailants managed to escape after opening fire at the real estate office, owned by Samiulla, a former corporator.

Police suspect a land dispute to be behind the gruesome shoot-out, which led to the death of two persons.

However, a dazed Samiulla, who had left his real estate office minutes before the attack, told reporters that he had no deep-rooted enmity with anybody. “There may have been minor differences with a few people, but I did not have any sort of serious enmity that would have warranted such an attack on my office”, he said. However, police have registered a case and are investigating.