INDIA - Professor dies in Indian gun raid

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Wednesday, 28 December

2005, 17:01 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professor

dies in Indian gun raid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A professor has been killed by a gunman who opened fire on a science

conference in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police say.

Three other people were also wounded as the gunman sprayed automatic gunfire at

the Indian Institute of Science before escaping in a car.

The professor, from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, died on the

way to hospital.

Police have set up checkpoints across the city.

Emergency meeting

Those wounded were said to be scientists and laboratory

technicians attending the conference.

 

 

 

 

The Simputer -

developed by one of the injured men

 

 

 

The Indian Institute of Science is a leading

postgraduate college in India's technology hub

of Bangalore.

The attack took place at about 1930 local time (1400GMT).

Police said the assailants approached in an Ambassador car. One

of them got out and fired randomly outside an auditorium door. The car then

sped off.

One of those injured, Prof Vijay Chandru, is the founder of the

Indian-developed palm-computer, the Simputer. It is not clear how series his

injuries are.

State Chief Minister Dharam Singh has called an emergency

meeting for Thursday.

" We cannot say at this stage whether terrorists are

involved in this incident, " an official at his office said.

The incident happened hours after gangster Abu Salem was brought

to Bangalore for lie detector tests over his alleged

involvement in deadly bombings in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1993.

Police said there was no suggestion yet of any connection but

they were investigating any possible link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4564892.stm

 

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