ANI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
The investigation into the dying of an 83-year-old retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer took a twisting activate Sunday with senior police officers, who initially believed it to be a case of an accident, now suspecting it to be a homicide.
The police mentioned that the sufferer, recognized as RS Kulkarni – a retired Intelligence Bureau officer, was strolling on the street subsequent to the Laptop Science Division of Gangotri (Mysuru College) Campus on Friday night when an unidentified car hit him from behind.
The sufferer was rushed to a close-by hospital, the place he died throughout therapy, they mentioned.
The miscreants fled the spot after the accident. The police registered a hit-and-run case towards the unidentified car driver.
However when the police went by way of the CCTV footage, they discovered it to be a deliberate act of the miscreants.
“A case of homicide has been registered by Jayalaxmipuram police station. The sufferer was not strolling however was standing on the facet of the street. CCTV footage reveals {that a} automotive with no quantity plate got here and deliberately hit him from behind and escaped,” the police mentioned on Sunday.
Mysuru metropolis commissioner of police Dr. Chandragupta mentioned {that a} case of homicide has been registered towards the unidentified car driver and a probe has been initiated to determine and nab the accused.
“A workforce three-member workforce of senior cops has been shaped to analyze the matter,” Chandragupta mentioned whereas including that the sufferer was retired for 23 years, and it’s not clear whether or not the homicide was as a consequence of skilled or private enmity.