In Bengaluru, accenture techie, 28, is stabbed to death

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Oct 10, 2017:  A 28-year-old techie working with software major Accenture was killed in a Bengaluru suburb  early on Monday morning.

"The victim, Pranoy Mishra, 28, was found stabbed earlier in the day at Madiwala. Someone who saw him bleed took him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead," senior police official  MB  Borolingaiah told news agency IANS.

Mr Mishra belonged to Odisha. He was stabbed by two men on a motorocycle while he was headed to meet his girlfriend, reported The Times of India.

"A murder case has been registered and investigation is on to find the motive behind the attack, as Mishra’s cell phone and other belongings were found in shirt and pant pockets," said the police officer.

The police visited the Accenture office for more information on him from its management and his colleagues; the company has not commented yet on the case.  

"As the murder took place in the wee hours after the weekend and away from Mishra’s office, the company is not being investigated," said the police officer

The police is going through the techie’s cellphone records to determine who he was with on the weekend; his body was found a km from the rented house where he was living.

Courtesy: NDTV