Pianist ended life, was not murdered: Cops to his parents

MUMBAI: The crime branch of the city police, which is probing the death of pianist

Karan Joseph

, has prima facie ruled out any foul play even as they are still waiting for a few forensic reports before finally closing the inquiry.

On Saturday the pianist’s parents — Tina and

Thomas Joseph

— who are based in Bangalore and had been called by the police, visited the police headquarters at

Crawford Market

where they met joint commissioner of police (crime) Sanjay Saxena.

Sources said that the police team updated Karan’s parents about every step in their probe report, saying that prima facie they have ruled out any foul play and have almost concluded that it was a case of suicide. However, the police have said that they are still awaiting forensic reports of the laptops and cellphones of Karan, Rishi Shah and Susanna Uzma. These reports are expected by December 15.

“We have cleared almost all doubts the parents had but now there are a few queries raised by the parents which will be cleared only after the forensic lab reports are out,” an officer said on the condition of anonymity.

In the last two months, the police have recorded statements of more than 20 persons connected with the case and have come to the conclusion that nobody pushed Karan nor compelled him to commit suicide. And to corroborate their conclusions, the police had carried out dummy tests from the building where Joseph had fallen to his death. The police also said that there was confusion as Karan’s friends, who were divided into two groups, had given contradictory statements.

The parents of Karan, who allegedly jumped to death from a 12th-floor flat in

Bandra

on September 9, had alleged foul play in their son’s death after which the case was transferred to the crime branch. Karan’s father had raised doubt over the circumstances in he had fallen from the balcony.