The deceased has left behind a hand-written one-page word through which he accused Vikram Goswami, who claimed to be an officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), of threatening him and of extortion.
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A Bangalore Electrical energy Provide Firm (Bescom) worker ended his life over a suspected case of digital arrest and extortion, in his native Kelagere village, in Channapatna taluk of Ramanagara district in Karnataka, at night time on July 14. The dying got here to mild on July 15 morning.
The deceased Kumara Okay., 48, had been residing at BTM Format in Bengaluru for the previous 25 years. He had been working with Bescom. He was married, and the couple have an eight-year-old son.
He has left behind a hand-written one-page word through which he accused Vikram Goswami, who claimed to be an officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), of threatening him and of extortion. Vikram Goswami reportedly referred to as Kumara two weeks in the past claiming to be a CBI officer. He claimed that there was an arrest warrant pending in opposition to Kumara and demanded ₹1,95,000 to evade arrest. Kumara reportedly paid up. Over a interval of two weeks, Kumara claimed to have transferred ₹11 lakh in whole to Vikram Goswami. When Vikram Goswami demanded one other ₹2.75 lakh, Kumara couldn’t take it any extra.
Appearing on his spouse Savitramma’s criticism, M. Okay. Doddi police have registered a case for abetting suicide in opposition to Vikram Goswami. Kumara was scared and was speaking to a person in damaged Hindi for the previous 15 days, in response to her criticism.
A senior police official stated leads and the modus operandi point out a case of digital arrest.
(Those that are in misery or having suicidal tendencies can search assist from Arogya Sahayavani Ph: 104)
Printed – July 16, 2025 11:21 am IST
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