Greater Noida firm director shoots 2 officials at board meeting; kills self: Cop

The director, Pradeep Aggarwal, killed himself after shooting his two colleagues. The incident happened in Badalpur area of Greater Noida.

A senior director of a firm in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida opened fire at two of the company directors in a board meeting on Thursday, the police said.

The incident happened in Greater Noida’s Badalpur. Pradeep Aggarwal shot two of his colleagues and later killed himself. (HT Photo)

Pradeep Aggrawal, a director in UP Telelinks Limited director, shot two senior officials of the company, Naresh and Rakesh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Harish Chander said. The police identified the two directors only by their first names.

Aggarwal later shot himself, Chander added. The incident happened in Badalpur area, about 60 kilometres from Delhi.

While Aggarwal and Gupta are dead, Jain has been admitted to a hospital. Police say the three directors had some business issues, and the firing is a result of that.

UP Telelinks Limited manufactures wire harnesses, cable assemblies and battery operated vehicles. It started business in 1984.

The company has manufacturing plants in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad and Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand.

More details are awaited.