Dark side of e-commerce: Buyer murders techie, steals bike
FollowFor 35-year-old Sohan Haldar, bikes were his first love. In one of his Facebook posts, he had even put up a picture of a bike in which a guy stares at the two-wheeler while the accompaning text reads - "I love you. But look into my eyes, and promise me you will never kill me."
Sadly for him, it was an attempt to sell off his bike on Facebook that led to his murder.
The 35-year-old software engineer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his flat in Whitefield on August 5.
Sohan Haldar, who hailed from West Bengal, was working at a private firm and shared an apartment in Prestige Shantiniketan with three of his friends.
The incident came to light when neighbours noticed a foul smell emanating from the Sohar's flat - which was locked. They then alerted the police, who broke open the door to find Sohar's highly decomposed body. There were no external injuries on the body and the police suspected that he might have been smothered to death.
However, in a shocking development, now police have found discovered that Sohan was killed by a 30-year-old man from Rajajinagar, who had responded to an ad put up by the techie to sell his two-wheeler - a KTM Duke.
An ad put on Facebook by Sohan.
According to a local report, Karthik, an engineering graduate, murdered Sohan by lacing his drink with a sedative and later covering his face with a cloth, due to which Sohan died of asphyxiation.
Karthik had met Sohan a few times after the latter put up a post on the Facebook group 'Second to None' on July 27. The two finally met for the last time on August 1 and decided to have a small party, during which Karthik laced the victim's drink.
He later fled the apartment after taking the bike, a helmet and Sohan's wallet. Since Sohan had written his ATM PIN number on his card, Karthik also withdrew a large sum from his account.
The police were finally able to track down Karthik based on the last call on Sohan's number.
