Bengaluru:
Karnataka’s former police chief Om Prakash was discovered useless at his Bengaluru residence on Sunday. He was 68. There was blood in every single place on the ground the place his physique – with a number of stab wounds to his abdomen and chest – was discovered, the police mentioned.
His spouse, Pallavi, daughter and one other member of the family have been in the home on the time of the incident, sources mentioned. All three are being questioned. The police management room acquired a name from one other particular person, informing concerning the physique, sources mentioned.
As per sources, Prakash and his spouse typically used to quarrel.
Bengaluru Further Commissioner of Police Vikas Kumar mentioned it seems a pointy weapon was used to assault the retired police officer.
“Right now afternoon round 4-4.30 pm, we bought details about the dying of our former DGP and IGP Om Prakash. His son has been contacted and he’s giving a grievance in opposition to the incident, and primarily based on that, an FIR might be registered,” Mr Kumar instructed reporters.
“After the case is registered, an in depth investigation might be carried out… Instantly, there aren’t any arrests. Preliminary investigation means that issues is likely to be inner in nature… Evidently some sharp weapon has been used, which induced a lot blood loss that it led to dying,” he mentioned.
The police have began questioning Pallavi and her daughter.
He lived on the bottom ground of his three-storey home in Bengaluru’s HSR Format.
The police mentioned they believe the involvement of a member of the family, information company PTI reported.
The physique has been despatched for post-mortem.
Om Prakash was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1981-batch.
He was appointed Director Basic of Police in March 2015. Earlier than that, he additionally headed Hearth and Emergency Companies, and Residence Guards.
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