Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari was found dead on Wednesday morning under mysterious circumstances outside a VIP guest house at Hazratganj on Meerabai Marg.
Posted as Commissioner of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in Bengaluru, Anurag was heading a probe in a food and civil supplies scam there and was living under a threat perception. The 36-year-old officer’s family has demanded a probe in his death as they suspect foul play.
The officer belonging to the 2007 batch had just gone through a divorce and his parents, who live in Bahraich, were waiting to wish Anurag on his birthday on Wednesday, when they got the news of his demise.
Anurag was staying with the lucknow Development Authority Vice-Chairman Prabhu Narayan Singh for the last couple of days in room Number 19.
Anurag was spotted lying in a pool of blood on the road just outside the guest house with injuries on his chin and blood oozing out of his nose, by some residents of the area, early in the morning.
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Police, identified the IAS officer with the aid of an ID card found in his pocket and rushed him to Civil Hospital where he was declared brought dead. The cops also recovered Rs 5,500, and an ATM card.
SSP lucknow, Deepak Kumar said Anurag was staying with lDA V-C Singh as he was his batchmate.
“Anurag had undergone a departmental training in Mussoorie a few days back and later visited lucknow to meet Singh. Both the IAS officers had partied at a hotel on Tuesday night and had returned to the room at the guest house at around 11 pm,” he said.
Anurag was found lying near a transformer located near the guest house. While the eyewitnesses claimed that the IAS officer had wounds on his face and other parts of the body, the police suspect that he either fell from the terrace of the guest house or fell while he was out for a morning walk.
Deepak Kumar said the autopsy was being conducted by a panel of doctors and would be videographed. He said the police did not suspect any foul play, but if the autopsy report confirmed anything suspicious they would probe the case on that line.
SSP lucknow said the family’s allegations of foul play will be probed if they give a written complaint. He added that he had spoken to the Resident Commissioner Bengaluru about the incident. “The RC asked me to provide the details of the probe and had asked for appointing an officer from Karnataka to oversee the probe being conducted by the lucknow Police.”
A native of Kanoongopura South of Bahraich, Anurag did BTec Electrical Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University. Before being posted as Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, he had also served as Deputy Commissioner Kodadagu, Deputy Finance Secretary Bengaluru and Additional Commissioner Madhugiri.