KOLKATA: The body of a young financial consultant, who was staying at a childhood friend’s home in New Town for the past one week, was found in a pool of blood inside one of the rooms of the house at Hatiara Jheelbagan on Thursday morning. He had multiple blunt injuries on his head and the walls of the room had blood stains.
Rajiv Kumar Singh, a resident of Phoolbagan, was found by the friend’s father around 6am on a makeshift bed on the first floor. The friend, Rakesh Jha and his wife Soni, were reportedly at a hospital at that time where Soni was undergoing dialysis.
Police said Singh had recently ventured into the construction business and had started promoting at a plot in Kolkata that allegedly had some legal disputes. His business partner had lodged a complaint of forgery against him and Singh had been fleeing from one place to another to evade arrest.
“It doesn’t look like an accidental death and it seems he was hit by someone on the front portion of his head. We are awaiting the post-mortem report,” said the officer.
Singh is survived by his wife and three kids, police said.