Jaipur: Nearly 30% of murder cases filed by police in Rajasthan in the first three months this year have been found to be false.When 39-year tour operator Sandeep Kaushik was found dead in an abandoned car with a loose rope around his neck and a knife stained with blood near here, the police filed a murder case.But after a year-long investigation, they are likely to file a Final Report soon, closing the case which was initially registered under Sections for homicide as a suicide, sources said.The police have filed final report in nearly 30% cases like this which were registered under Section 302 of IPC for murder in the state in the first three months this year, concluding that they were suicides, accidents or natural deaths. In Kaushik's case, the police later reached conclusion that the man had strangled and stabbed himself to end his life over family and marital disputes. “It's been a complex investigation. The father is still contesting the police findings as he believes it was a murder,“ said ASP Karan Sharma who had been involved in the investigation.Till March this year, a total of 339 cases of murders were registered by the police. In 33 cases, the police filed FRs telling courts these were not murders. Chargesheets were filed in 78 cases, while investigation is pending in the remaining 228 cases.A senior police officer said people found hanging, or poisoned, and dead bodies found at abandoned places make up the biggest chunk of cases which were initially registered as murders and then concluded as suicides, natural or accidental deaths.“The pendency is 67.26% which is not unusual, given the complexities involved in a murder case,“ said the officer.In the same period, 867 cases of rape were registered out of which police filed FRs in 213 cases, taking the FR percentage to 53.65. The situation is worse in kidnapping where the FR percentage is a whopping 77.80%.