Shipping company manager shot dead

\ Paradip, Oct 26 (PTI) A senior manager of a shipping\company was today shot dead by unidentified miscreants after\hurling crude bombs at his vehicle at this port town in\Odisha, the police said.\ Mahendra Swain alias Babuli was proceeding to his\office in a jeep when two motorcycle-borne miscreants threw\bombs at his vehicle near Ambedkar Bhavan, Inspector In-charge\of Paradip Police station, Sudhansu Sekhar Nayak, said.\ When Swain tried to flee, the assailants opened fire\targeting his head and killing him on the spot, the police\said.\ IIC Sudhansu Sekhar Nayak of Paradip said when Swain\tried to escape after alighting from the vehicle, the\attackers opened fire before fleeing from the spot in their\bike, he said.\ Swain was taken to a local hospital where doctors\declared him dead, the police said adding, investigation into\the incident was on. PTI COR SKN\DKB\