BHEL's Deputy GM shot dead in Noida

Noida: A 41-year-old Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) was shot dead by unknown assailants on Wednesday night at a secluded place in sector 105 of Noida. However the body was found near a drain in sector 105 on Thursday evening.

According to police, the deceased identified as Amit Pandey (41), was missing from his home since he left office on Wednesday night. Police said that the incident occurred while he was on his way to his residence at Amrapali Sapphire residential society in sector 45 of Noida.

On Wednesday night when Pandey did not reach home after he left from the office, his brother-in-law registered a missing complaint at sector 39 police station on Thursday morning.

Upon registering the complaint, Pandey's colleagues along with police started searching for him and at around 5 pm his body was found, with marks of bullet injuries, near a drain in sector 105 on Thursday evening, almost 20 hours after he went missing.

According to police, one bullet injury was found on the body of the victim as the police team retrieved it from the drain and sent it for postmortem.

"A bullet injury was found on the body between his neck and chest. We have sent the body for postmortem and a first information report has been lodged against unknown persons for murder. Soon, we will make arrests," said Avnish Dixit, station house officer, police station sector 39.

Pandey was employed as DGM at BHEL office at Lodhi road in New Delhi. He was a native of Banaras and lived alone in his apartment. He had divorced from his former wife few years ago and had no children.