A Bengaluru couple who had returned after a visit to Europe discovered a lifeless physique within the puja room of their home, the police stated Sunday. Officers later recognized the deceased intruder as an individual who had been arrested in varied home theft circumstances. They believe that after having damaged into the home, he spent a number of hours there earlier than killing himself.
The deceased was recognized as Dilip Bahadur alias Dilip Kumar, an Assam native who lived in Kodihalli. Investigators stated the incident passed off on the residence of Sridhar Sumanth Roy, an IT skilled, at Eshwara Structure in Indiranagar. DCP (West) Bheemashankar S Guled stated a probe is underway to find out why the deceased killed himself, that too within the puja room.
In accordance with the police, Sridhar and his spouse returned from Amsterdam on Thursday evening and located themselves unable to open the home. The couple quickly referred to as in the important thing makers, however they too needed to break the door open after realising that it was locked from the within.
The police stated that on coming into inside, the couple discovered that the home was ransacked and that the puja room was locked from the within. On peeping in, they noticed a person who appeared to have died by suicide. Sridhar instantly knowledgeable the police in addition to the safety guards of a personal company. Officers quickly decided the id of the deceased particular person.
CCTV footage indicated that Dilip broke the door open and entered the home round 10.30 pm on Wednesday. The police stated he carried a gasoline cutter, a pair of garments and different instruments wanted to interrupt into the home. He ate snacks from the kitchen, took a bathe and became a recent pair of garments that he had introduced alongside, earlier than sleeping within the bed room, they added.
Officers haven’t dominated out the likelihood that Dilip could have taken the acute step in panic after Sridhar and his spouse reached the home. Nonetheless, the police stated that even after the couple had arrived, it was attainable for Dilip to flee utilizing the backdoor.