Shipping Manager Shot Dead In Paradeep

The General Manager Of Hyderabad-based Seaways Shipping And Logistics Ltd (SSLL) Was Shot Dead In A Suspected Case Of Business Rivalry In The Port Town Of Paradip On Wednesday. According To Police Sources, Swain Was In His Scorpio With His PSO And Driver To Office When The Miscreants On Some Unidentified Motorcycles Hurled Two Bombs At His Vehicle At The Madhuban Mausi Ma Temple Square. The Bombing Had Damaged The Front Glass And Left Door Of The Scorpio. While Swain Fled To The Nearby Bachelor Quarters, The Miscreants Fired Two Rounds Of Bullets Of Which One Hit His Head And Another Pierced His Chest. He Was Immediately Shifted To Atharabanki Biju Memorial Hospital And Later To SCB Medical, Cuttack, Where He Was Brought Dead, Doctors Said.

Paradip Additional SP Gadadhar Padhani And IIC Subhranhsu Shekhar Nayak Reached The Spot With A Team To Initiate Investigation. A Scientific Team Has Also Reached The Spot To Support Police In The Investigation. Paradip SP J N Pankaj Has Also Reached The District Police Headquarters For Inspection Into The Matter.
"Preliminary Investigations Pointed To The Possibility Of Past Enmity And Business Rivalry Behind The Murder. We Have Formed A Special Squad To Nab The Killers. We Have Sealed All Entry And Exist Points In The Port Town," Additional Superintendent Of Police (ASP), Paradip, Gadadhar Pradhani Said.

Ranjan Swain, The Nephew Of Mahendra, Alleged That A Paradip-based Stevedore Company Was Behind The Murder. It Must Be Mentioned That Local Stevedore Companies Engaged In Paradip Were Unhappy When The Steel Authority Of India Ltd (SAIL), M/s. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) And Others Employed Seaways Shipping And Logistics Ltd For Handling Their Cargo Last Year. SSLL Had Won The Cargo Handling Rights In A Global Tender. But Rival Stevedore Companies Were Opposed To The Firm Being Awarded The Contract.

Last Year, Around 37 Stevedores Companies Under The Banner Of Paradip Port Stevedores Association (PPSA) Had Opposed The Decision Of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) To Allow SSLL Access To The Port. The PPSA Had Also Stalled Work For A Week On The Issue.

Courtesy: Pragativadi,MSN