His daughter Ambili who works as a producer with Rajya Sabha television also stays with her husband and two children in the same housing complex in different flat.
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Vijaykumar and his wife, who works in the income tax department, had moved to Samachar Apartments in March as they wanted to live close to their daughter’s house. His daughter found him with his throat slit when she returned home from work, a Manorama News report said. So, I checked up for the TV, and found it missing.
The victim’s daughter, Ambily Vijay Kumar, said she found his body in the bedroom under a mattress. Then, neighbour informed the police about the incident.During investigation, it was found that the LCD television was missing from the house, for which the police is suspecting that the old man was murdered, after he tried to resist the robbery.Police have registered a case under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code and further investigation is on to nab the assailants.
“I regularly called him on his mobile phone to check on him in the afternoon and he’d pick up my call instantly”. Then I drove over and found the grilled door left ajar. “I kept calling out for dad, but got no response”, she was quoted by PTI. I felt something suspicious.
“I found the bedroom door half open”. Then I found the wall stand for the TV lying on the sofa. Then I saw the mattress lying on the floor. “The TV was on the floor and other items had been knocked upside down”, Ambili said.
The family of former Central Government Health Services (CGHS) officer Vijaykumar P.B. was looking forward to celebrating his 65th birthday two days from now, but a brutal assault ended his life on Wednesday.
Senior police officials along with forensic experts reached the flat and lifted important evidence from the murder scene.
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“The body has been sent to a government hospital for autopsy”.
