#Haryana: Senior Manager of Tata Steel shot dead by former employee in Faridabad. Mujesar SHO says,“Bullets were sh… https://t.co/fOOEzqAlAe — ANI (@ANI) 1541779164000

Full statement by Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Ltd

“At around 1:10 p.m. yesterday, i.e. Nov 9, 2018, an unfortunate incident took place at the Faridabad office of Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Ltd (TSPDL), a Tata Steel subsidiary located inside the Tata Steel stockyard in Faridabad, wherein Mr Arindam Pal, Sr Manager (Supply Chain), was shot at with a firearm by Mr Vishwash Pandey, an ex-employee of the company.

Mr Pal expired on the way to the hospital. He is survived by his wife, parents and a daughter.

Mr Vishwash Pandey, 32, worked with TSPDL from 2015 till 2018. He was discharged from the services of the company in August 2018. After shooting Mr Pal, he immediately ran out of the office and is still at large. The local police are investigating the law and order incident.

The company extends its condolences to the family of Mr Pal and is extending all possible support and help to the family at this time of crisis.”

NEW DELHI: A sacked Tata Steel employee barged into a senior manager’s room and shot him dead at point-blank range at the company’s stockyard in Faridabad on Friday morning. The suspect fled brandishing his pistol and is absconding.Eyewitnesses told the police that the manager, Arindam Pal, was resting in his cabin early in the afternoon when the suspect, Vishwas Pandey, stormed in and fired five rounds at him. Police said Pal died on the spot.Pandey, an engineering graduate, was an executive manager in the company. He was sacked earlier this year after an inquiry initiated by his supervisor, Pal had found him guilty of indiscipline.Police said Pandey had been out of a job after being sacked and had visited the office several times seeking reinstatement. He had also threatened Pal with dire consequences while serving his notice period with the company.After the shooting, other employees at the stockyard had tried to stop Pandey from getting away, but he threatened to shoot them as well, police said. Mujesar SHO Ashok Kumar said the shooting took place around 1pm at Tata’s Hardware Chowk office.Pal’s body has been sent to a government hospital for an autopsy. “We have recovered some CCTV footage which shows the suspect and efforts are being made to track him down,” Ashok Kumar said.A case of murder has been registered and a manhunt launched to nab Pandey. He was found missing from his house near Gurugram.Read story in Bengali