‘Roy sought time to talk to mother and shot himself in adjoining room’

C.J. Roy, laminitis and president of Confident Group, based retired of Dubai, was successful his hometown Bengaluru connected a concern sojourn erstwhile Income Tax sleuths raided his Group. While the raids had been connected since Wednesday, Mr. Roy reached his Langford Town bureau connected Friday afternoon. It was adjacent portion the raid was nether mode that helium allegedly changeable himself and died.

There is nary clarity whether helium was summoned by the IT sleuths.

His member Babu C.J., speaking to media persons, said erstwhile helium spoke to Mr. Roy connected Friday astir 11 a.m., helium was successful his bureau and “sounded normal”.

A elder constabulary serviceman portion of the probe said that arsenic per their preliminary probe, the IT sleuths questioned Mr. Roy successful the afternoon, aft which helium reportedly asked support to marque a telephone telephone and speech to his mother. She stayed successful Koramangala, wherever Mr. Roy was gathering a bungalow for himself, sources said.

Mr. Roy went into an adjoining room, from wherever helium usually officiated arsenic the Honorary Consul for the Slovak Republic for Karnataka and Kerala. Minutes later, radical successful the bureau heard a gunshot, sources said. Mr. Roy had changeable himself successful his thorax with a pistol and was recovered lying successful a excavation of blood, sources said.

There is nary clarity yet connected however galore rounds were fired and whether the firearm was licensed. Senior constabulary officials said that the limb would beryllium subjected to a ballistic examination, and lone that study would propulsion much airy connected the same. However, his member Mr. Babu said that Roy had bought a pistol 20 years agone for self-protection and was licensed.

Congress person Mohammed Nalpad, 1 of the archetypal to scope Narayana Hospital, HSR Layout, wherever Mr. Roy was taken, described him arsenic a “father figure”. “He was specified a assured man, inspiring others, including me. I americium shocked that helium took his life,” helium said. “His family, consisting of his wife, lad and daughter, are based successful Dubai and volition scope the metropolis by Saturday,” helium said. 

Brother blames IT raids  

Mr. Roy’s member Mr. Babu said his member shared everything with him and they spoke everyday.

“There were nary problems successful the business. There was unit from the Income Tax raids, which whitethorn person pushed him to instrumentality the utmost step,” helium said. “IT sleuths came to my location arsenic good connected January 22 and asked for a batch of documents, which I gave. But the raids enactment my member nether stress. But erstwhile I spoke to him astatine 11 a.m., Friday morning, helium sounded normal. I don’t cognize what they asked him and what pushed him implicit the brink,” helium said.