Rajasthan: Man found dead in car in Harmada area, kin suspect murder

JAIPUR: A 42-year-old man was found dead in his car under mysterious circumstance at a service lane near Ramaliya Wala village under Harmada police station area in the city on Friday morning.
Police have neither ruled out the possibility of suicide or murder. Police have also applied for Covid-19 test of the deceased.
According to police, some passersby in the morning informed the police control room that a man in a car was lying unconscious while his head was on the steering.
“The deceased is identified as Rambabu Jangid (42) and was going to Chomu in the morning. There are no signs of injury on the body or any signs of struggle marks. Also the vehicle of the deceased is also intact,” said Bajrang Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) West said.
A team of senior police officers along with the experts of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) rushed to the spot to take a stock at the situation.
“Apart from post-mortem, we have also applied for Covid-19 test of the deceased. Things would be cleared only after the post mortem report. If it is a Covid-19 it would be an open and shut case,” Singh added.
However, family of the deceased have alleged that deceased had some confrontation with some persons some days ago and have suspected murder. “At this stage this is an open case for us. We are investigating into every aspect of the case. It could be a suicide or a murder or the deceased could have got cardiac arrest. But, the investigation is now purely dependent on the post mortem report,” said a senior police officer of Harmada police station.
Meanwhile, a large number of onlookers gathered on the road while they spotted the man they believed was in unconscious stage. “He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said an officer.
Further investigations in the case were on, police added.