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Bengaluru constabulary connected Friday registered an Unnatural Death Report (UDR) successful the decease of businessman C.J. Roy, who allegedly changeable himself astatine his bureau portion Income Tax officials were completing raid formalities, adjacent arsenic his household blamed unit from the raids for the incident.
C.J. Babu, member of Mr. Roy, blamed Income Tax officials for the decease pursuing the incident. However, T.A. Joseph, managing manager of the Confident Group, who lodged the complaint, did not straight blasted oregon implicate the I-T Department, though helium mentioned past raids and expressed suspicion, sources said.
The Ashok Nagar constabulary person registered the UDR nether Section 194(3)(4) of BNSS, 2023, which mandates constabulary probe into suspicious, accidental, oregon suicidal deaths.
The incident
In his complaint, Mr. Joseph stated that Mr. Roy had gone with him to the bureau to grounds his connection with the I-T Department, aft which they went to his cabin. A fewer minutes later, Mr. Roy said helium wanted to talk to his mother. When Mr. Joseph returned aft 10 minutes, the information defender extracurricular the compartment told him that Mr. Roy had instructed him not to let anyone inside.
However, erstwhile Mr. Roy did not travel retired for much than 20 minutes and did not respond to calls, radical successful the bureau broke unfastened the doorway and recovered him dormant connected his chair.
Police sources said Mr. Roy changeable himself by placing a pistol to his chest. The incidental occurred betwixt 3 p.m. and 3.15 p.m. connected Friday. He was taken to a adjacent hospital, wherever doctors declared him “brought dead”.
Investigations revealed that Mr. Roy possessed a licensed pistol, which helium used. The firearm has been sent for a ballistics test. Police person seized Mr. Roy’s mobile phones. No decease enactment was recovered wrong the cabin.
Came to Bengaluru to grounds statement
Mr. Roy, who was based successful Dubai, had visited Bengaluru 3 days anterior to the incidental pursuing a summons from the Income Tax Department to grounds his connection successful transportation with the raids connected his company.
Speaking to mediapersons connected Saturday, Home Minister G. Parameshwara said the I-T Department had conducted raids connected Mr. Roy’s institution successful December 2025. “They (I-T officials) were seemingly required to mandatorily implicit the chargesheet process wrong 60 days. Therefore, they wanted to finalise everything earlier February 4,” helium said.
Mr. Parameshwara said helium had directed the constabulary to behaviour a preliminary enquiry into the events earlier and aft the incidental and to analyse what prompted Mr. Roy to instrumentality the utmost step. He said that the constabulary would determine whether to summon I-T officials based connected what emerges from the investigation.
Mr. Babu told mediapersons that his member had nary enemies, had not received immoderate decease threats, and was not suffering from depression. He added that the lone contented helium was alert of was the probe by the I-T Department.
Meanwhile, respective politicians person alleged that targeted raids by the I-T Department created fearfulness and amounted to “harassment”. However, Mr. Parameshwara said this has not yet been established and truthful cannot beryllium speculated upon.
(If you are successful distress oregon having suicidal tendencies, delight scope retired to these 24/7 helplines: KIRAN astatine 1800-599-0019 oregon Arogya Sahayavani astatine 104 for help.)
