The version of a contract killing is considered in the case on the murder of the Caparol Ukraine director, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said.

"There are serious grounds to believe this is a planned contract killing with the use of several dummy cars where Browning rare guns were used," Avakov told reporters in Sloviansk, Donetsk region.

He said the investigators have the evidence the murder was connected with his professional activity.

"The first studies give reason to state the murder was connected with the professional activity of the director who had a conflict that has been observed in his family for several months," Avakov said.

As reported, at noon on September 20 a call from a passer-by was made. The passer-by said he found an unknown man who was dead in Krushynka settlement of Vasylkiv district.

The police established that the killed man was a local resident and a Ukrainian citizen.

The pretrial investigation is underway.

Earlier the National Police in Kyiv region confirmed to Interfax-Ukraine that the director of Caparol Ukraine was found dead in Vasylkiv district.