Pune: Woman software engineer of Infosys strangled to death in her office

Pune: A 25-year-old woman software engineer of Infosys was allegedly strangled to death by an unidentified person at her workstation in Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park in Hinjawadi here on Sunday, police said. K Rasila Raju, who hailed from Kerala, was allegedly strangulated with the help of a computer wire. The incident took place on the ninth floor of the Infosys building. "The incident might have taken place around 5 PM but we received a call around 8 PM. Raju was employed as a software engineer by the firm," Assistant Commissioner of Police Vaishali Jadhav said. She said though it was Sunday, Rasila was working while her two teammates were online in Bengaluru. "Her manager was trying to call her, but there was no response. The manager called and asked the security guard to go and check and when the security guard went to see her, she was found unconscious near her workstation," the officer said. ALSO READ: Deeply saddened & shocked by tragedy: Tweets Infosys over murder of its female employee A case of murder has been registered against an unidentified person and investigation is on. Image: Infosys' Glass building in Pune campus/Courtesy-Wikipedia About Infosys Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational corporation. It provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services and has the main headquarter in Bengaluru, India. It is the second-largest Indian IT services company by 2016 revenues. Infosys, reportedly, has the largest employer of H-1B visa professionals in the United States. On January 12, 2017, its market capitalisation was $34.38 billion.