Man shot dead on the way to prayers
Incident occurred 10m from deceased gangster’s house
JOHOR BARU: A 29-year-old businessman who had travelled all the way from Kedah to attend the 16th-day prayers for a slain gangster was himself shot dead by a man on a motorcycle.
The incident happened about 10m from the dead gangster’s house at Jalan Teratai 32, Taman Johor Jaya, yesterday.
The prayers were held to commemorate the 16th day of the death of D. Selvam, 35, known as Teratai Boy Johor, who was shot dead in Malacca on Sept 12.
In the incident, businessman K. Anand was in a car with another man when two men on a motorcycle came up to their car before one of them fired at least four shots.
Anand, who was driving, died on the spot while the other man managed to escape.
About a dozen people who were taking part in the prayers quickly rushed over when they heard the shot but Anand was already dead.
Anand does not have any criminal records.
Sri Alam OCPD Supt Roslan Zainuddin confirmed the case but declined to provide details on the investigations.
Selvam, who had 10 criminal records, was shot dead by police along with another man in Cheng, Malacca.
Selvam was involved in criminal cases in Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Kedah and Penang in the past two years.
Anand’s uncle, who only wanted to be known as Rajan, said that the victim was supposed to get married in two months.
He claimed Anand was a victim of mistaken identity as Anand hardly knew Selvam but was there to accompany a friend.
“I don’t know his friend, but I have heard that he is a wanted man,” he said.
In an unrelated incident, a factory manager was slashed to death by two parang-wielding men in front of his plastics factory in Taman Gembira here.
The victim, Lau Teck Hock, 44, was smoking outside his office at about 1pm when two men wearing full-face helmets attacked him.
Despite being badly injured, Lau managed to crawl back into the office area and shout for help.
However, he died a few minutes later.
Johor Baru South acting OCPD Supt Abdul Samad Salleh confirmed the case and said that police had ruled out robbery as none of the victim’s belongings were taken.