Air Force officer shot dead by colleague

Chennai: A Leading Aircraft Man was shot dead by a security guard at the Indian Air Force station at Sulur in Coimbatore on Friday.

Authorities say it happened early in the morning when the victim, Deepak Kharia, failed to identify himself in the prescribed way when he entered the high-security runway area and his colleague mistook him for an intruder.

The Air Force has ordered a probe into the incident.