Professor MC Puri from IIT Delhi was killed and five others injured in a shootout at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Wednesday evening. The police have identified the injured as Dr Pankaj Gupta, Dr Sangeeta and one Mr Patel.
According to police, four to five persons came in a white Ambassador car inside the campus of the Institute and opened fire from AK-47 automatic weapons outside the J N Tata auditorium, where an international conference was on, at around 1700 hours. The injured were admitted to M S Ramaiah hospital. Police have cordoned off the area and launched a hunt for the assailants who fled the scene.
The Institute is on the hit list of terrorist groups, including Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. |