Mangaluru, Mar 26: In a shocking incident, a security guard of a private bank in the city has died after accidentally shooting himself on Thursday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Tammayya (around 50) from Madikeri. He was employed as a security guard at Kotak Mahindra Bank, at Kodialbail, in the city.
It is learnt that the guard died on the spot as the bullet directly penetrated into his neck.
Sources from the bank and eyewitnesses said that he was climbing the staircase at the bank when the tragedy took place. Within seconds after the rifle in his accidentally fired, he fell on the stairs.
Police rushed to the spot and conducted spot investigation before sending the body for post mortem. A case was registered at jurisdictional Kadri Police Station and investigations are on. More details awaited.
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