Scuffle leaves guard dead

MANGALORE: Scuffle between a security guard and occupants of a commercial building at Bunts Hostel Circle here late on Monday resulted in the death of Ganesh, the guard. Mangalore City Police have arrested two persons – representatives of a private company in connection with the incident. The arrested – Adam Shakeer ,23, of Vamanjoor, and Abdul Qadir Rahman ,24, of Bunder, had informed city control room about the incident.
According to police, the accused, who work in a private company located on the sixth floor of the building, while leaving their office around 11.30 pm found the main entrance locked. When they asked Ganesh to open the shutters, he refused the demand stating that he had instruction from the building owner not to do so for anyone after 10 pm.
This led to heated arguments between Ganesh and the accused. Vinay Gaonkar, PI, Mangalore North Police said that Ganesh did not suffer any major injury in the scuffled that followed. “Ganesh had a few abrasion marks on his body. Only an autopsy will shed light on the cause of death. Ganesh could have suffered a cardiac arrest and the accused not aware of this, might have rained blows on him,” he added.
The accused had called up the city control room asking them to deal with Ganesh. Since there was a delay by the time the PCR van arrived at the spot, the accused had left the spot. Police arrested the duo when they came back to their office later in the night. Police have registered a case of murder against the accused. They were produced before the second JMFC court judge later in the day.