Mainak Sarkar

An old student comes back to his alma mater and murders his PhD guide, shortly after killing his former wife. Can it get more bizarre?

An Indian-American professor has said Mainak Sarkar, who was behind the UCLA murder-suicide, left little impression as a student in his class and never used to greet him when they passed each other despite both hailing from West Bengal.

Mainak Sarkar, the Indian- American techie behind the UCLA murder-suicide, seems to have forced his entry into his estranged wife's home before shooting her dead and boarded a bus to the varsity to kill his former college professor, authorities said today.

The kindly professor whom the gunman blamed for his ruin had, in truth, quietly seen to his academic success.

With a wall's worth of academic degrees from top universities and a new wife in his chosen country, Mainak Sarkar entered mid-life with a foundation of success. Then his life began to unravel.

The Minnesota woman shot to death by a one-time UCLA graduate student was married to her killer, but her online presence shed little light on their life together.

"Check on my cat," was the last message left by Mainak Sarkar, the Indian-American gunman who shot dead his wife and his former college professor before turning the gun on himself, Los Angles police said.

As news about the identity of the UCLA shooter started flashing on news networks and social media streams on Thursday night, the faculty and alumni of IIT Kharagpur were in for a shock.

A former University of California, Los Angeles, student shot dead a woman at her home in Minnesota before he drove almost 2,000 miles to the school and killed a professor but failed to find a third intended victim, police said on Thursday.

A former University of California, Los Angeles, student shot dead a woman at her home in Minnesota before he drove almost 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to the school and killed a professor but failed to find a third intended victim, police said on Thursday.

An Indian-American gunman who shot dead his former college professor at the University of California Los Angeles or UCLA had also killed his wife before taking his own life, authorities said on Thursday, adding that both of the victims were on a "kill list."

The path to the campus shooting death of a UCLA professor began nearly 2,000 miles away in Minnesota.

Police officers rushing to the University of California at Los Angeles after reports of gunshots were worried there might be an active shooter on campus, but instead they discovered a "contained" murder-suicide involving a gunman killing his former professor. They also found a note asking authorities to check on the gunman's cat nearly 2,000 miles ...

The Indian-American gunman who shot dead his former college professor in California had also murdered his wife and planned to kill another faculty member, police said.

The gunman who killed a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, before taking his own life has been identified as Mainak Sarkar, an engineering student at the school, the Los Angeles police has said.

An old student comes back to his alma mater and murders his PhD guide, shortly after killing his former wife. Can it get more bizarre?

An Indian-American professor has said Mainak Sarkar, who was behind the UCLA murder-suicide, left little impression as a student in his class and never used to greet him when they passed each other despite both hailing from West Bengal.

Mainak Sarkar, the Indian- American techie behind the UCLA murder-suicide, seems to have forced his entry into his estranged wife's home before shooting her dead and boarded a bus to the varsity to kill his former college professor, authorities said today.

The kindly professor whom the gunman blamed for his ruin had, in truth, quietly seen to his academic success.

With a wall's worth of academic degrees from top universities and a new wife in his chosen country, Mainak Sarkar entered mid-life with a foundation of success. Then his life began to unravel.

The Minnesota woman shot to death by a one-time UCLA graduate student was married to her killer, but her online presence shed little light on their life together.

"Check on my cat," was the last message left by Mainak Sarkar, the Indian-American gunman who shot dead his wife and his former college professor before turning the gun on himself, Los Angles police said.

As news about the identity of the UCLA shooter started flashing on news networks and social media streams on Thursday night, the faculty and alumni of IIT Kharagpur were in for a shock.

A former University of California, Los Angeles, student shot dead a woman at her home in Minnesota before he drove almost 2,000 miles to the school and killed a professor but failed to find a third intended victim, police said on Thursday.

A former University of California, Los Angeles, student shot dead a woman at her home in Minnesota before he drove almost 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to the school and killed a professor but failed to find a third intended victim, police said on Thursday.

An Indian-American gunman who shot dead his former college professor at the University of California Los Angeles or UCLA had also killed his wife before taking his own life, authorities said on Thursday, adding that both of the victims were on a "kill list."

The path to the campus shooting death of a UCLA professor began nearly 2,000 miles away in Minnesota.

Police officers rushing to the University of California at Los Angeles after reports of gunshots were worried there might be an active shooter on campus, but instead they discovered a "contained" murder-suicide involving a gunman killing his former professor. They also found a note asking authorities to check on the gunman's cat nearly 2,000 miles ...

The Indian-American gunman who shot dead his former college professor in California had also murdered his wife and planned to kill another faculty member, police said.

The gunman who killed a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, before taking his own life has been identified as Mainak Sarkar, an engineering student at the school, the Los Angeles police has said.