Bengaluru: Cops register murder case two months after man’s death in suspected accident

Bengaluru: The Hulimavu police on October 9 registered a fresh FIR on charges of murder two months after the death of a 32-year-old man, who was initially presumed to have died in a road accident.

Police sources confirmed to DH that the case was transferred to the Hulimavu police from their traffic counterparts following suspicions raised in a statement by deceased Arun Raj’s father.

According to the police, on August 6, Raj’s body was found on the road next to his two-wheeler by a passerby. All four indicators and the footboard of the bike were damaged, along with the helmet worn by the deceased.  

Hulimavu traffic police registered an accident case and sent the body for autopsy. “Death was due to skull fracture and intracranial haemorrhage as a result of injury sustained,” a police officer said, quoting the autopsy report dated August 11. 

Raj’s father, however, wasn’t convinced. In his statement to the police a few days later, he said that he suspects his son was murdered. Based on this, the traffic police transferred the case. The Hulimavu police registered a fresh FIR under Section 103 of the BNS (murder) after receiving a response to the queries they had raised with their traffic counterparts. 

Police sources told DH that so far, there was no prima facie evidence indicating that Raj was murdered, but a probe was underway.