India, Jan. 31 -- Confident Group founder and chairman CJ Roy was found dead at his residence in central Bengaluru on Friday while Income-Tax officials were conducting searches linked to his company, police said. Officers said the case is being treated prima facie as a suicide, though investigations are ongoing.

As reported by HT earlier, Roy was in his first-floor office chamber when the incident occurred, according to police officers familiar with the sequence of events. Income-Tax officials had been questioning him as part of searches connected to the firm.

One officer, who did not wish to be named, said the searches had been underway for three days and Roy was questioned in his office between 12 pm and 1 pm.

"By 3.15pm, the questio...