Kasargod : A shoot-out has been reported from the house of a PWD contractor at Kasargod on Thursday morning. According to reports some unidentified men who arrived by bikes fired at the house of Mohammad Kunhi, a PWD contractor at Bevinje.

When the incident occurred at 5.30 am,Kunhi and his wife Arafat were away to mosque for prayers while his wife and mother-in-law were at home. The women cried for help on hearing the sounds of gun fire when the men fled the place.

A large crowd gathered at the place and the Special Crime Branch is investigating. There is a suspicion that the aides of underworld don Ravi Poojari were behind the firing.

One of the bullets had shattered a window pane while also hitting the wall of the house. Once earlier in June 2010, a similar shoot-out was reported from the house. The investigations are underway under the direction of the SP Thomson Jose.