Engineer fails to clear IAS, attacks 22 people using a sword before being shot dead
Karimnagar (Telangana): In a frenzied attack, a 28-year-old
software engineer went on a stabbing spree with a sword injuring as many as 22
people, including his parents on Tuesday morning. The man was reportedly
depressed after he failed to crack the civil services exam.
Police opened fire on the engineer after he refused to put
down the sword and tried to attack the officers instead. The engineer later
succumbed to his injuries.
The attacker's parents and an auto driver are in a critical
condition. The policemen, who suffered serious injuries as they tried to stop
him, and the other wounded were also undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
According to Karimnagar Deputy Superintendent of Police J
Rama Rao, the trouble began at 7 AM after Balvinder Singh alias Babloo (28), of
Laxmi Nagar locality in Karimnagar town, entered into an altercation with his
parents --Amruth Singh and Baby Kaur--and allegedly attacked them with a sword.
Leaving his parents lying unconscious in a pool of blood,
Balvinder ran out of his house wielding the sword and began randomly attacking
passers-by and people on the road, police alleged.
It was a scary scene as an auto-driver and a dozen other
victims were bleeding profusely, eyewitnesses said. As the police patrol team
reached the spot, Balvinder attacked three constables and wounded them
seriously.
Subsequently, police opened fire. Balvinder was then taken
into custody and shifted to Government District Head Quarters hospital here,
where he died within three hours of being admitted, hospital sources said.
Balvinder was working in a company in Bangalore. His parents
and the injured auto driver Narayana, also admitted in the same hospital, are
said to be in a critical condition. Further investigations are underway, the
DSP said.
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