<p>“Mahadevan Padmanabhan Iyer (42), a mechanical engineer working in BARC’s Reactor Group, was found murdered at his residence near Breach Candy Hospital late on Monday night,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Mohite said.<br /><br />Iyer, from Tamil Nadu, was found lying in his bed with a rope tied around his neck, which bore injuries. Iyer was last seen on Saturday, he said.<br /><br />The postmortem report revealed that he was assaulted with a blunt object which led to internal bleeding in the brain. A murder case was registered.<br />Iyer’s body was found by his neighbour who entered the house using a duplicate key as the scientist did not respond to his calls for the last two days.<br /><br />The neighbour grew suspicious when he found newspapers piling up outside Iyer’s house, police added.</p>
<p>“Mahadevan Padmanabhan Iyer (42), a mechanical engineer working in BARC’s Reactor Group, was found murdered at his residence near Breach Candy Hospital late on Monday night,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Mohite said.<br /><br />Iyer, from Tamil Nadu, was found lying in his bed with a rope tied around his neck, which bore injuries. Iyer was last seen on Saturday, he said.<br /><br />The postmortem report revealed that he was assaulted with a blunt object which led to internal bleeding in the brain. A murder case was registered.<br />Iyer’s body was found by his neighbour who entered the house using a duplicate key as the scientist did not respond to his calls for the last two days.<br /><br />The neighbour grew suspicious when he found newspapers piling up outside Iyer’s house, police added.</p>