A retired IAS officer, Rakesh Agarwal, was murdered by having his throat slit inside his home in Bhopal; suspicion falls on the caretaker, who fled after the incident.

A retired IAS officer, Rakesh Agarwal, was murdered by having his throat slit inside his home in Bhopal; suspicion falls on the caretaker, who fled after the incident.

A wave of shock has swept through Bhopal following the murder of retired IAS officer Rakesh Agarwal, whose throat was slit inside his own residence. Police suspect the new caretaker—hired to work at the house—of involvement in the crime, which took place in the Surjanagar area under the Ratibad police station’s jurisdiction; the caretaker has been absconding since the incident. The key questions now are: why was the retired IAS officer murdered, and is the absconding caretaker the crucial link in this case? Rakesh Agarwal lived with his wife; although she was present in the house at the time of the incident, she was in another room. Following the crime, the initial police investigation has focused on the caretaker who had been recently hired.