Bengaluru tech firm’s MD & CEO killed by former colleague

BENGALURU: The managing director (MD) and the chief executive officer (CEO) of a newly-established company providing broadband internet services were murdered in their office, allegedly by three men, in Amrutahalli, off Ballari Road, in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Police suspect business rivalry as the motive behind the murder.

DCP (North East) Laxmi Prasad said: “Phanindra Subramanyam, 36, and Vinu Kumar, 40, MD and CEO, respectively, of AironicsMedia Private Limited, were hacked to death by a former colleague and his two associates inside their office.