Bengaluru Businessman Found Dead Inside Burning Car, Cops Suspect Suicide

C Pradeep, a hotel consultant by profession, had reportedly parked his Skoda car in an isolated spot before setting it alight.

A 42-year-old businessman was found dead in his car after it was set on fire in a remote area of Bengaluru's Muddinpalya Saturday evening, police said. 

The police received an emergency call reporting a vehicle engulfed in flames. The fire brigade was promptly dispatched to the scene and managed to extinguish the blaze, but the man, identified as C Pradeep, who was inside the car, had already died due to suffocation.

Mr Pradeep, a hotel consultant by profession, had reportedly parked his Skoda car in an isolated spot before setting it alight. Investigators are now probing the circumstances surrounding the incident, with the police suspecting it to be a case of suicide.