Biz ties go bust; CEO, MD hacked to death

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Sending shockwaves through the city, the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of a private firm were hacked to death by a disgruntled former employee in broad daylight here on Tuesday.

The incident took place around 4 pm at a building near 6th Cross Pampa Extension, where the office of Aeronics Media Private Limited is located. The deceased were identified as Phanindra Subramanya, MD, and Vinu Kumar, the CEO of the firm.

The accused identified as Felix is currently on the run along with two of his associates, the police said.

According to the police, the prime suspect in the double murder case is a Tik-Tok influencer, Joker Felix, who was an ex-employee of Aeronics Media. He had however quit the company to start his own business.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru, North-East, Laxmi Prasad, said that the suspect, Felix, along with two other unidentified men barged into the office brandishing swords and daggers.

The trio murdered one person on the ground floor and the other on the first floor. The assailants then jumped over the compound wall at the rear of the building and made good their escape.

Preliminary investigation also revealed that both the deceased had talked to the accused after they saw him barging into their office. However after a few minutes, the accused launched an attack and murdered them.

There were 10-12 employees present in the office and some of them even attempted to intervene but failed. Phanindra Subramanya and Vinu Kumar died while on the way to a hospital. The bodies were later shifted to Manipal Hospital for post-mortem.

The police suspect that murders were committed over business rivalry and were executed after preplanning. Dog squads were pressed into action and a team of fingerprint experts were called in.

A few hours after committing the murder, the accused shared a post on Instagram which read, "This planet peoples always flatters and cheaters. So I hurt this planet peoples. I hurt only bad peoples. I never hurt any good people."