Realtor found dead inside his car

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: Residents of Bagalur Cross were shocked when they found a body of a man inside a car suspiciously parked on the footpath here on Tuesday morning.

The jurisdictional police was alerted immediately and following an inspection, the identity of the deceased was revealed as Krishna Yadav, 55.

An officer from the Yelahanka Police Station said that Yadav was a real estate businessman and a resident of Maruthi Nagar. The police found a stab wound on the body and it is suspected to be a murder case.

It was revealed that Yadav took his Maruti Swift car and left his house around 6:30 pm on Monday after informing his family that he is going out for some work.

However the family began worrying when he did not return home.

"The body was found on the driver's seat," said an officer.

"It is suspected that he was murdered by someone who stabbed him on his throat and chest. So far the cause seems to be a financial dispute. We are continuing the probe," the official told News Trail.

A case was registered and the police have sent the body to Ambedkar hospital for a post mortem analysis.