Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Director General and Inspector General of Police, Om Prakash, was found murdered at his residence in HSR Layout, Bengaluru, the Bangalore City Police confirmed on Sunday.

According to a statement issued by the police, "Retired DGP Om Prakash, 1981 batch IPS officer from Karnataka, has been murdered. The murder took place at a residence in HSR Layout, Bengaluru. The exact reason for the incident is not yet known."

According to media reports, Prakash was found lying in a pool of blood on the ground floor of his three-storey house. Police were reportedly alerted by his wife, Pallavi, who found the body. The police have seized the knife used in the crime from the residence. Om Prakash had reportedly been stabbed three times, IANS reported. 

The officials have begun questioning his wife and the couple’s daughter as part of the investigation.

The body has been shifted to St. John’s Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

He was a 1981-batch IPS officer and served as the 38th DG & IGP of Karnataka in 2015 and hailed from Champaran in Bihar. During his career, he served as the Commandant General of Home Guards and worked in the Fire and Emergency Services, Civil Rights Enforcement, and other departments.

He had also served in the State Vigilance Commission, Karnataka Lokayukta, and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Additionally, he held the post of Transport Commissioner and was preferred for handling communal tensions in the Bhatkal region of Karwar district.