Karnatak cadre IAS Officer Anurag Tiwari was found dead under mysterious circumstances outside the Meerabai Marg located VIP guest house in Hazratganj on Wednesday morning. He was staying with lucknow Development Authority Vice Chancellor Prabhu Narayan Singh for last couple of days in the room number 19.
The incident came into light around 6.95 am when some residents in the locality spotted a man lying in pool of blood with injuries at his chin and blood oozed out from his nose and informed the police.
The cops rushed him to Civil Hospital where he was declared brought dead. When frisked the cops recovered Rs 55,00, an ATM card and a identity card bearing his name as Anurag Tiwari IAS Officer 2007 batch. They informed the senior officials about the incident and senior officials including SSP lucknow Deepak Kumar, IG Range Jai Narayan Singh other senior official.
SSP lucknow, Deepak Kumar said Anurag had stayed with lDA VC as he was his batch mate. “Anurag had undergone a departmental training in Mussoorie a few days back and later visited lucknow to meet lDA VC. Both the IAS officer had partied at a hotel on Tuesday night and had returned to the room at the guest house,’ he told. He said the IAS officer returned around 11 in the night on Tuesday.
The corpse was lying near a transformer located one of the corner of the guest house building and it was not possible that he fell down from the terrace of the guest house which is several; foot away from the place where the body was lying. A police team reached the place for investigation after the residents alerted the police. The police had no clue that the deceased would be an IAS officer and turned pale when they checked his identity card. They passed the information to senior officials and senior police officials including the IG range Jai Narayan Singh and SSP lucknow reached the place for investigation of the case.
While the eyewitnesses claimed that the IAS officer had wounds at his face and other parts of the body, the police suspect that he would have fell down from the terrace of the guest house or would have fell down when will be on morning walk and would have died.
SSP lucknow Deepak Kumar said the autopsy was being conducted by a panel of doctors and the event will be veidegraohed. He said the police did not find a clue about foul play as yet but if the autopsy report confirmed any thing suspicious the police will probe the case on that line.
A 1983 born Anurag was youngest among his three brothers and today was his birth day. He was selected in IAS in 2007 and married next 2008. However, his marriage life ran into rough weather and the couple separated in the recent past. A native of Kanoongopura South of Bahraich, Anurag was BTec Electrical Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University. He was posted as commissioner, Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in Begalore. He also had served as deputy commissioner Kodadagu, deputy finance secretary Begaluru and additional commissioner Madhugiri. His father is a retired lecturer.
The family alleged foul play behind the death of Anurag and demanded a thread bare probe. They said Anurag was heading a probe of scam on Food and Civil Supplies and was living under threat perception. SSP lucknow said the family allegation will be probed if they gave a written complaint. He told that he had talked to the resident commissioner Bangalore after the incident. “The RC asked me to provide the details of the probe and had asked for appointing an officer of Karnatka to oversee the probe being conducted by the lucknow police. I have faxed the entire details related to the probe made so far in the case and other details will be sent further,’ he said.