NEW DELHI: A senior manager with the Tata Steel stockyard was shot dead by a former employee inside the office premises in Faridabad on Friday morning. Police say that the suspect employee has been on the run since the incident and a look out notice has been issued against him.According to SHO, Mujesar, Ashok Kumar, the incident took place around 1pm at the Hardware Chowk office of the company. Eyewitnesses have told the cops that the victim, Arindam Pal, was resting in his cabin when the suspect, Vishwas Pandey, barged into his room with a pistol and fired five rounds at Singh from point blank range and fled. The other employees who had gathered tried to stop Pandey, but he threatened to shoot them as well.He managed to run out into the courtyard, threatened the guard and fled. Police say that Pal had died on the spot. His body has been sent to a government hospital for an autopsy.“We have recovered some CCTV footages which show the suspect and efforts are being made to track him down,” said SHO Ashok Kumar.Probe revealed that Pal, a resident of south-Delhi, had initiated an inquiry against Pandey earlier this year after complaints of indiscipline against him. Following the inquiry, Pandey was sacked from the job. He had been holding a grudge against Pal since then.Police say that Pandey, an engineering graduate, was employed as an executive manager at the company for the past five years. Pal, a senior manager, was his supervisor and was transfered to the branch, two years back. Since then, he had warned Pandey about his disciplinary issues.Police say that ever since he was sacked, Pandey was out of job and had visited the office of the firm several times asking for a reinstatement. He had also threatened Pal with dire consequences while serving a notice period with the company.A case of murder has been registered and a manhunt has been launched to nab Pandey. He was also found to be missing from his house near Gurugram.

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