Prayagraj, March 29 -- A 51-year old Chief Work Engineer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was shot dead by an unidentified person at his residence in the Central Air Command Complex in Puramufti area of Prayagraj district here in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a police officer said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Abhishek Bharti said that the chief work engineer Satya Narayan Mishra was shot dead in the Engineer Colony inside the Air Force Station in Bamrauli area. He said that after getting the information police officers along with SOG, forensic and surveillance teams have reached the spot and evidence is being collected.

He said that CCTV cameras installed inside and outside the parameters around the Air Force are also being checked. "A...