2 Parah 1 Maut Ditembak

BIDOR - Seorang maut manakala dua parah dalam satu kejadian tembak di Taman Batang Padang di sini, malam kelmarin.

Ketua Polis Daerah Tapah, Superintendan Som Sak Din Keliaw berkata, mangsa dikenali sebagai G Mogeswaran, 22, dari Kampung Bar Tongkah Harbour, Bidor, maut dipercayai ditembak dari jarak dekat.

Katanya, ketika kejadian, mangsa bersama rakan-rakan sedang minum berhampiran dengan Taman Batang Padang, di sini, kira-kira jam 10 malam, sebelum didatangi seorang lelaki.

“Suspek, seorang lelaki berbaju T biru dan berseluar pendek, mendekati mangsa dan menembak mangsa dari belakang pada jarak dekat.

“Suspek melepaskan beberapa das tembakan ke arah mangsa dan kawan-kawan mangsa. Dua lain turut cedera,” katanya pada sidang media,di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Tapah di sini, semalam.

Som Sak berkata, mangsa lari kira-kira 100 meter dari tempat kejadian sebelum rebah dan meninggal dunia.

Katanya, dua rakan mangsa, berusia 22 tahun, lari ke arah sebuah hotel berhampiran bagi dapatkan bantuan dan dihantar ke hospital untuk rawatan.

Menurutnya, mereka dikenali sebagai D Gunaseelan mengalami kecederaan di tangan kiri, manakala K Devaraj, mengalami kecederaan di leher serta bahu, dilaporkan stabil.

Beliau berkata, pihaknya menjumpai serpihan peluru dipercayai digunakan oleh suspek di tempat kejadian.

“Punca kejadian masih dalam siasatan. Kami juga menahan empat lelaki bagi membantu siasatan polis.

“Jika orang ramai mempunyai sebarang maklumat boleh berhubung terus dengan  Ketua Bahagian Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah IPD Tapah, Asisten Superintenden Md Nasri Fadzir  atau pegawai penyiasat kes ini, Inspektor Harris Md Noor di hotline IPD Tapah 05-4015222 atau SMS rakan Cops 32728 ataupun balai-balai polis berdekatan,” katanya.

Gunman kills restaurant worker

TAPAH: A restaurant worker was shot dead and two of his friends were wounded by an unknown assailant at Taman Batang Padang in Bidor, near here.

Tapah OCPD Supt Som Sak Din Keliaw said police received a distress call at about 11pm on Sunday about gunshots and rushed to the scene to find G. Mogeswaran, 22, lying face down on the road near an empty shophouse at the housing estate.

“There were wounds on his body and his face was covered with blood. We believe he was shot from the back.

“The victim, from Kampung Baru Tongkah Harbour in Bidor, was having a drink with five friends prior to the incident at about 10pm,” he told a press conference here yesterday.

“We also found two bullet slugs at the crime scene,” he said.

Supt Som Sak said Mogeswaran’s two friends, D. Gunaseelan and K. Devaraj, both 22, were in stable condition after receiving treatment at the Tapah Hospital and Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh respectively.

“Gunaseelan was injured on his left arm while Devaraj sustained wounds to his neck and shoulder,” said Supt Som Sak.

He said police have yet to determine the motive behind the shooting or the real target of the assailant.

Supt Som Sak urged anyone with information on the shooting to contact investigating offider Insp Harris Md Noor or district CID chief Asst Supt Nd Nasri Fadzir at 05-401 5222