‘Cop kills man outside ‘no Indians allowed’ pub’
By G Vinod, FMT
PETALING JAYA: A father of four was shot dead after a scuffle outside a karoake outlet in Ipoh which apparently bars Indians from patronising the waterhole.
The deceased’s employee has lodged a police report claiming that P Kathir Oli, 31, was gunned down by a plainclothes policeman moonlighting as a bouncer.
In his report filed with the Ipoh Central police headquarters, K Sashiteren, 21, said that he, Kathir and two others had gone to the outlet called Angel Fun Pub & Karaoke on Sept 14.
However, they were not allowed to enter the premises.
“A man told us that Indians are not allowed to patronise the pub. Kathir got upset and asked why can’t an Indian enter the pub?” said Sashiteren, adding that a heated exchange ensued.
At one point, he said, a patron threw a bottle from inside the pub which hit Kathir’s face and the latter grew enraged and threw the bottle back.
Following this, he added, a man and a woman emerged from the pub and started hurling obscenities
at them.
The first man, who had denied them entry, then calmed the duo and told them to return to the pub while Kathir, Sashiteren and their friends walked back to their car.
“But the second man from the pub reappeared and pushed Kathir, and so Kathir got mad and pushed him back,” said Sashiteren.
As they were reversing the car to leave the area, Sashiteren claimed that a third man, who is believed to be the pub’s bouncer, approached them with gun in hand.
“The third man told us not to leave the place or he will start shooting at us,” he said.
Fearing for their safety, Kathir and his friends came out of the car.
Sashiteren claimed that at this juncture, the armed man started assaulting Kathir and the latter fought back.
“I tried to stop them from fighting and that’s when I heard a gunshot. Kathir fell on me after getting shot on his chest,” he said.
Shashitheren later realised that the shooter was a cop when he handcuffed the trio after the arrival of a patrol car.
“We were taken to the police station by the patrol car and remanded for 11 days. Kathir’s body was still on the road when we were taken away,” he said.
‘Blindfolded and assaulted’
At the police station, Shashitheren alleged that he was blindfolded and assaulted.
