3 months ago
2
C.J. Roy, 57, president of existent property steadfast Confident Group, who was recovered dormant astatine his Langford Town bungalow connected Friday, was known for starring a lavish life, marked by a peculiar emotion for luxury cars.
His Instagram account, Dr. Roy Chiriankandath Joseph, successful which helium describes himself arsenic a “public figure, Hon. Consul, Slovak Republic, laminitis and chairman, Confident Group, existent property developer, movie producer, Intl Sports Sponsor(sic),” was hugely fashionable with 1.3 cardinal followers. His posts were often successful Kannada and Malayalam, reflecting his roots arsenic a Kerala autochthonal who grew up successful Bengaluru.
The Embassy of the Slovak Republic successful New Delhi lists Mr. Roy arsenic the Honorary Consul for Karnataka and Kerala. It was successful this bureau that helium allegedly killed himself.
The Confident Group’s website describes him arsenic a “Doctorate successful Business Administration from SBS Business School, Zurich, Switzerland.” It states that aft moving with large corporations and Fortune 100 International Companies, helium ventured retired into operation and existent property business.
It lists retired his “pioneering concepts” successful his two-decades of concern acquisition successful the Civil Industry successful Bengaluru, stating helium was possibly “the archetypal to plan and instrumentality the 4 Side ventilation concept” and successful “concrete roads for the townships, which has contiguous go a modular successful each township.”
Love for luxury cars
Luxury cars marque up for a ample portion of his Instagram posts, with his emotion for Rolls Royce reflecting successful a November 2025 post: “My 12th Rolls Royce... 1st 1 bought successful 2008, 12th Rolls successful my life. Many stayed... immoderate moved connected aft glorious service”.
The aforesaid month, helium shared a communicative astir his archetypal car, a reddish Maruti 800, for which helium offered ₹10 lakh to those who recovered it. “This Maruti 800, I bought successful 1994 with my ain net erstwhile I was 25 years old. I bought it for ₹1.10 lakhs... the aforesaid magnitude of wealth successful 1994 would person got maine 2 acres of onshore successful Sarjapur! Today, the 2 acres of onshore successful Sarjapur volition beryllium worthy implicit ₹20 crores (sic),” helium said successful the post, adding that the motivation of the communicative is to bargain a car, but besides bargain a tiny portion of onshore arsenic it becomes household wealth.
Tryst with fims
Mr. Roy was a movie producer, with his latest Malayalam production, Anomie, hitting the screens connected February 6. His different productions see Identity, Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea and Mei Hoom Moosa.
He had rewarded Bigg Boss Kannada victor Hanumantha with ₹50 lakh.
Scholarships
Mr. Roy had announced scholarships for students. Last year, helium had pledged ₹1 crore to enactment 201 students studying successful schools successful Karnataka and Kerala and going to classes 8, 9 and 10.
