Gujarat HC Seeks Report on UPSC Aspirant Found Naked Before Death
The Gujarat High Court has directed the state government to submit a further investigation report on the circumstances under which a 23-year-old UPSC aspirant was seen walking naked on a road shortly before his death. The court observed that the issue requires closer scrutiny before it proceeds with the family's plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.
Hearing a petition filed by the man's father, Justice M R Mengdey accepted the state's request for more time to file an additional report specifically addressing the circumstances in which the youth was found roaming naked on a road on March 3, 2025. His body was discovered on March 9 on an overbridge on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway, and an FIR was registered as an accidental death.
The court orally asked the Public Prosecutor to explain if there was any animosity between the deceased and the accused, why the deceased and his father had visited the house of the suspects, what transpired during that visit, and to conduct a detailed investigation into the CCTV footage showing the man naked on the streets. The next hearing is set for August 25, 2026.
The petition seeks transfer of the investigation to the CBI, alleging that a former MLA and his son were involved and that the local police were protecting them. The father has raised doubts that his son was murdered, as he had been missing since March 2, 2025, after allegedly being assaulted at the residence of one of the accused.
According to the petitioner, CCTV footage showed the youth walking naked on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway. Later, he was seen wearing different clothes, while the clothes he originally wore were never recovered. The petition also questions how he travelled 52 km overnight without his mobile phone, notes that several vehicles were following him, and claims that post-mortem injuries are inconsistent with a road accident.
The state government previously informed the court that investigations included Call Detail Records (CDR), narco analysis, and witness statements. A narco test conducted on the former MLA's son on December 11, 2025, with 31 questions, yielded results that were not favourable to the prosecution.
