February 12, 2002. 6.30 p.m

Krishnan planned to kill five colleagues, commit suicide

Our correspondent

Buhari

Shaji

Nizwa: Krishnan who killed two of his colleagues has got minor injuries on his hand. He told Police and the doctor who stiched his hand that the plan was to kill five of his colleagues and commit suicide. As he was on leave to go to Kerala by evening flight, Krishnan went to the sponsor asking for passport. People say the young man was married and did not see his two year old daughter. However, the sponsor told him that he would give passport in the shop and apparently wanted to cancel his visa because of earlier quarrel in the shop.

Killer Krishnan

After meeting the sponsor, he came to the room where two of his colleagues were sleeping after the night shift. "He killed both Saju (who shared a room with him) and Mukari who was sleeping in another room. As they were sleeping and the culprit locked the room from inside, others did not hear any noise. As Omanis are living in the surrounding area, nobody could hear any noice,' said one of the bakery staff who was with Krishnan in the morning.

The deadbody of Saju was found under the bed with deep cut on neck. Even though his neck is cut, it is not fully behaded. One deadbody was found with his intestine widely exposed. After killing two of his friends, Krishan was waiting behind the door when the third victim Ismail came for his morning tea after duty. Ismail escaped because he ran away from the house. If he did not run out and informed others working in the bakery, all others in the shop would have been killed, said one of the colleagues who escaped.

Victim Saju V.J. (32 years) Pevookkadu House, Kongarapalli Post, Ernakulam District is an young unmarried man who returned from Kerala two weeks before after attending his sisters marriage. Another victim, Mukari is son of Kunju Mohammed, Madapattu Parampathu, Kodankodu, Thrichur district. He is married for ten years and got a new baby, which he could not see. Ismail K.T, who is in Nizwa hospital with injuries on chest, head, hand and leg hail from Thottilppalam place. (Full address not known). He was working as a driver. All of them came to Oman in 1994 to work for a new bakery. The well built Ismail, who has five injuries, is in Nizwa hospital. Deadbodies are also in the same hospital. Indian embassy officials are in contact with the sponsor, an official in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

According to his friends, Krishnan used to quarrel for silly silly reasons. Earlier there was a fight with Mammoonji, another staff in the same bakery. 'He was a short tempered guy who will quarrel for very silly reasons. Krishnan used a kitchen knife for the murder. The dead body was removed from the house to Nizwa hospital.

People say the workers had no problem with visa or labour card and the sponsor was good. All of them used to earn RO 70 per month.

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