Man found dead, accuses police torture in death note

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a 47-year-old man was found dead at his residence in Talaghattapura on Wednesday afternoon.

It is alleged that the person had hanged himself after the jurisdictional police recovered a death note from the spot in which the deceased has accused a policeman and his colleagues of torturing him.

The police identified the deceased as Nagaraj, a private firm employee in Bengaluru. In the death note, the deceased has alleged that Vyalikaval police had assaulted him with a belt, bat and shoes during interrogation in a case.

Nagaraj further claimed that a person named Nataraj had registered a complaint against him falsely accusing him of cheating. However in the death note, he alleged that his employer, Sanaulla, who runs the company had taken money from several people and put the blame on him.

Sources said that Nagaraj had been earlier arrested by Hennur Police on a similar accusation but was released after he repaid Rs 8 lakh to the complainant.

Nagaraj in his letter alleged that Vyalikaval police arrested him and demanded money from him due to which he had taken loans from financiers. However as he was unable to repay the loan, he had ended his life, he mentioned in the letter.

The police are yet to comment on the matter and said that the details will be out only after an investigation. A case has been registered and investigation is underway.