Fresh angles in Alok Ranjan death case

BANGALORE : Investigation into the mysterious death of 21-year-old Alok Ranjan gathered momentum on Monday , with police probing all angles . Though it appeared an open-and-shut case of suicide , sleuths are now exploring the involvement of some students of the college . Alok was found dead on a railway track on Saturday morning , following an argument on campus on Friday afternoon .
Railway police , who are probing the case , had booked criminal charges against a girl and boy , with whom Alok had a spat on Friday evening . On Monday , they were summoned for questioning . The suicide note recovered from Alok's pocket has been sent to experts to confirm whether it was forged .
All these developments took place after the family came forward on Sunday , alleging foul play . They claimed that Alok was under threat and had to go into hiding to save himself , and his death was related to this threat .
A senior officer of the Railways told TOI it was too early to come to a conclusion on the case . The postmortem report was studied carefully and advice requested from experts to confirm if there was any evidence of foul play . Apart from that , police are hoping for some leads while questioning the students . "At present , we don't want to disclose under which sections they have been booked. We want to confirm their involvement before making any statement ," he said .
The officer assured thatthefinal reportwillbe submitted in three or four days . "We are putting the evidencetogether , anditis only a matter of time before we come to a conclusion ," he said .