Postmortem indicates Jain was murdered

According to the report if this were true he could not have moved towards the bathroom where his body was found.

The report also stated that flames from an electric heater could not have burned the body to that extent. There were clear signs that he had been throttled before being set ablaze.

Doctors who conducted the postmortem found injuries on the left side of Rajinder8217;s head indicating that he had suffered an involuntary fall. And there were traces of alcohol on his upper body which was severely burnt.Such burns, the report stated, were found only on aged victims who were suffering from cardiac problems or epilepsy. But Rajinder, 45, was suffering from neither.

The state in which his body was found 8212; his face was on the bathroom floor, the residues of a plastic bucket were found around his ears and head 8212; also indicated that he had been killed.

Earlier, the police had even refused to admit that Rajinder was connected with the Jain Commission despite finding several copies of the summons issued to him by the commission.

Even the fact that he was the journalist in whose car a bomb was allegedly planted by Chandraswamy8217;s associate Babloo Srivastava in July 1991, was kept under wraps.

It was only after his wife and other relations identified his body that Rajinder8217;s connection with the Jain Commission was confirmed.

Rajinder8217;sbody was found in his bathroom after the police broke open the door 8212; both exits were locked from inside.

The police had found several photographs showing Rajinder with 8220;famous personalities,8221; including tantrik Chandraswamy. Also found were copies of Janadhar which Rajinder used to publish.