IT firm employee kills senior after remarks over poor performance at work

A junior colleague held for allegedly killing an employee of an IT consulting services company in Nagpur has told the police that he was enraged after his senior commented about his performance at work an official said on SundayThe victim identified as L Devanathan Lakshminarasimhan 21 was working as an assistant manager with Hexaware Technologies in MIHAN MultiModal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur for the last ten months the Nagpur police had said earlierThe incident occurred in a flat in Shyam Nagar area when the victim his colleagues Chandel and Pawan Anil Gupta alias Halwai were drinking alcoholCiting Chandels interrogation the official said that Devanathan raised questions concerning his performance at work and told him that he was lacking in certain areasChandel was infuriated He grabbed a knife and stabbed Devanathan in the chest The knife pierced Devanathans heart resulting in his death the official saidThe crime came to light after Chandel and Halwai took Devanathan to a private hospital on Wednesday morning They told the staff that he suffered injuries after falling in the bathroom However the staff doubted their claims as the body bore stab woundsPolice launched an investigation after the victims brother lodged a complaint Chandel confessed to the crime after being questioned by the policeMeanwhile in another casea 20yearold man absconding since May last year in a case of murder of two persons has been arrested in Maharashtras Palghar district police said on SundayOn May 17 2023 Raunak Anjani Tiwari and Kishan Sanjay Jha both aged 18 were killed while another person Shivam Omprakash Mishra was injured in the incident at Shirdi Nagar in Nalla Sopara area here Achole police stations senior inspector Balasaheb Pawar saidThe police found partly burnt bodies of the deceased who also had head injuries The two deceased and Mishra were friendsThe police suspected Mishras role in the killing of the two persons and kept a tab on him even while he was being treated at a hospital the official saidHe had applied for a prearrest bail which was rejected by the court as the police presented a strong case against him Since the rejection of his bail plea Mishra went missing and the police launched a search for him the official saidThe police probe team worked on various leads including CCTV footage of the crime spot and technical and intelligence inputs and nabbed Mishra from Nalla Sopara on Saturday he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever