Atlas Cycles' former president, Salil Kapoor, was found dead in his Lutyens' Delhi home on Tuesday in what authorities suspect to be a suicide. According to police, a suicide note was discovered at the scene in which Kapoor cited "financial burden" and harassment by four individuals that pushed him to take the step.
Kapoor was found by his manager around 1 pm, lying in a pool of blood near the puja room. He was rushed to a hospital, but doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
According to a police officer, Salil Kapoor, whose wife and children were not staying with him, is suspected to have shot himself with a licensed revolver.
Advertisement
In his purported suicide note, he also mentioned about four people who allegedly harassed him "mentally and physically", the officer said.
The police, however, refused to divulge the names of the people citing the ongoing investigation.
The body of his sister-in-law Natasha Kapoor was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her room in January 2020 by her son. She had left a note in which she had urged the family members to take care of themselves but did not mention the cause behind her taking the extreme step.
Salil Kapoor's wife and three children - two sons and a daughter - were staying separately from him, the police officer said. After getting separated, his wife was stated to be residing in Dubai, an officer said.
Advertisement
Kapoor's manager and his family stayed with him at the three-storey building, the police officer said.
Forensic and crime teams have been called to examine the site, police said.
Kapoor was arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police in 2015 in connection with two cases of cheating involving an amount of Rs 9 crore. He was booked in two separate cases at south Delhi's Defence Colony police station in 2014 which were also probed by the EOW.
The officer said in one of the cases, the complainant had alleged that he was cheated by Kapoor on the pretext of purchasing capital gain bonds.
(With inputs from PTI)
