Supermarket technician shot dead on way home

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DEAD BODY:Policemen inspect the victim’s body at the crime scene. — Bernama photo

SEREMBAN: A technician of a supermarket here was shot to death by one of two men on a motorcycle as he was riding his motorcycle home in Taman Merpati, Rahang, here Monday night.

Y Gopal, 34, died on-the-spot after taking three shots in the chest and one in the head in the incident which took place at 10.20 pm, said Negeri Sembilan CID deputy chief Supt Lim Kim Fook.

“The two men fired several shots at the victim and four shots hit him, causing him to collapse in front of a house in the housing estate,” he told reporters last night.

Lim said Gopal was married and had four children, and that he had a criminal record. The body was sent to the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital, he added. — Bernama